I agree you are unlikely to get mnay callers, but if you do get the odd one holding QQ AK or something, you have them dominated and could win big. Agree?
2007-04-09 07:29:50 · 12 answers · asked by betterthanjesus3 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
The lad above me is correct, and everyone else is correct too.
Don’t do this unless you haven’t had a winning hand in a while or have been caught bluffing recently.
By all accounts you should await the flop, unless on a big table consisting of lots of calls before coming to you. In this instance you could risk the all in to gain a substantial pot by scaring everyone else off!
2007-04-10 08:25:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Playing pocket rockets requires a bit of thinking. If you bet all in pre flop and get alot of callers, your odds of winning drop like a rock. I usually raise 3 to 4x the big blind, see the flop and then go from there.
Also going all in pre flop can hurt you. For example: if the flop comes up K Q 10 after your all in, your rockets are going to fall to the person with an A J.
So, when playing the A's you want to see a flop.
All in pre flop IS a crap shoot, 'cause your odds while good are not the best. Even a 4 5 with the "nuts" cracks those A's.
2007-04-10 05:15:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No i disagree, It makes no sense to do something like that, raising the pot up to 3 to 4 times the big blind will the job just as well. Why put your whole stack at risk pre-flop unless you have to. Just think of how often that happens that you have aces and another guy has queens or kings. You want to get one or two callers and see a flop so when a guy with k-j calls your raise and the flop comes out k-7-2 you can get his whole stack. Now the flip side of that is the same guy can out-flop you and end up breaking you, but that is just poker. You only get aces once every 210 hands so make them count when you get them, only rookies, donkeys, and fish play poker like that. How many times have you seen a pro push all in pre-flop with no action in front of him with aces? The only reason to push the action with an all in play with aces is if you are short on chips, or if there has been a lot of action in front of you already, but to push the hand like that isn't poker..
2007-04-09 20:57:56 · answer #3 · answered by sincity usa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is too risky usually, ... BUT if you have strong reasons to believe it will garner you more money in the longterm as a regular part of your strategy, then maybe.
Other factors naturally include analyzing your opponents, are you in a tourney or a ring game, relative chip stacks...
I have found that most of the time waiting for the big push until after the flop is more profitable. If the flop shows 9d, 10d, 9h and someone bets large into it you can be glad you showed restraint.
2007-04-09 08:57:12 · answer #4 · answered by chancebeaube 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would bet a little and try to lure some more money into the pot. Then you can kind of feel out who might try to play it out. If you go all in pre-flop you might not get any callers and just get the ante and blinds. But hey if you're happy with that, then I would go for it, chances are people really wouldn't call unless you're a big bluffer, then you never know.
2007-04-09 08:14:50 · answer #5 · answered by fmxkrazyone 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends on the table. I tend to slow play em if its a tight table. If its loose (aka. most free tables) go all in preflop.
Best to have no callers and take down the blinds then lose to a 3-8 offsuit that shouldnt have seen a flop in the first place.
2007-04-10 07:11:19 · answer #6 · answered by mekounknown 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. But I do bet heavily pre-flop, and maybe pre-turn; the idea is to trim down your competition to one or two players. The longer individuals stay in the game, the more likelier they are to beat a pocket pair. If your opposition goes all in, they are going to stick around until the river. That is not what you want.
2016-05-21 00:33:57 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on a lot of different factors including, but not limited to: blind size, size of your chip stack, loose or tight game, early or late position, your table image, and if any bets have already been made. Keeping all this in mind, I find that in most situations it is not a very profitable strategy.
2007-04-09 08:20:42 · answer #8 · answered by ghostofstank 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pocket rockets win small when played correctly and lose big incorrectly....before the flop you are a big favorite so the proper play is to make them pay to see the flop. if you have to ask we both know you ain't laying it down anyway so the safe play is all in
2007-04-11 08:36:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends onto wether or not if you want to win or lose. If you want to win, don't double down, but if you want to lose all your money, go ahead and bet it all.
2007-04-12 17:26:03 · answer #10 · answered by Roxas of Organization 13 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋