RE: [ba-poker] You've got to know when to fold 'em

["Mike McManus" <pinhigh(deleted the rest)>]

> I wonder what people think about something like Axs for small x.  I
play
> these under certain game conditions and regularly throw away a flopped
> ace in the face of aggression.  That doesn't seem any harder to me
then
> ditching a bad flush.

I love playing ace-rag suited for a limp, or opening for a small raise,
in NL.  I'd rarely call a raise of any size with it.

The way I play it is to treat it like 2nd pair if you flop an ace.  What
I'm looking for is to flop 2 pair, or get a cheap look at the turn to
attempt to catch 2 pair, or to flop nut flush or a draw to it.  Flopping
a bare ace is almost like catching nothing (depending, of course, on the
number of opponents in the hand with you and who those opponents are).



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