Need help playing big Aces and Kings

External Since: Sep 10, 2003 Posts: 1

Am I playing my big Aces and Kings wrong? The game(UB 10/20) I’m playing
is definitely tight aggressive, with usually two or three people seeing
the flop at most. I’ll almost always open raise from late middle position
on with AK, AQ, AJ, and KQ. The trouble I’m having is when I miss the
flop, obviously. I will auto bet the flop, and when the turn misses me
is where I’m having trouble. I like to be aggressive and bet the turn and
sometimes bet the river even if I missed, but what I’m finding is that if
I get called down a couple of times and my missed hand is exposed, the
table starts to lose respect for my raises.

What should I do? Should I raise less preflop with these hands in a tight
aggressive game? Or should I be checking the flop more after missing? Am
I not mixing up my play enough, since I almost always raise with these
hands and continue to bet out? I feel I need to learn to slow down some
post flop, when I miss, but I want to remain aggressive and not be seen as
weak. Or is this just part of being an aggressive player, since in the
long run I’ll get paid off when I hit my hands?

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External Since: Aug 24, 2003 Posts: 123

If you raise all the time with those hands, you start giving away alot
of information with your raises. It's not that they are losing
respect for your raises, it's they know what you have. TWO BIG CARDS
and know you are going to drive the pot. So they are going to be
there trying to pick you off with small pocket pair and connector
trash.

"jay5280" <anonymous.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<3f5f3c34$0$51860$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com>...
> Am I playing my big Aces and Kings wrong? The game(UB 10/20) I?m playing
> is definitely tight aggressive, with usually two or three people seeing
> the flop at most. I?ll almost always open raise from late middle position
> on with AK, AQ, AJ, and KQ. The trouble I?m having is when I miss the
> flop, obviously. I will auto bet the flop, and when the turn misses me
> is where I?m having trouble. I like to be aggressive and bet the turn and
> sometimes bet the river even if I missed, but what I?m finding is that if
> I get called down a couple of times and my missed hand is exposed, the
> table starts to lose respect for my raises.
>
> What should I do? Should I raise less preflop with these hands in a tight
> aggressive game? Or should I be checking the flop more after missing? Am
> I not mixing up my play enough, since I almost always raise with these
> hands and continue to bet out? I feel I need to learn to slow down some
> post flop, when I miss, but I want to remain aggressive and not be seen as
> weak. Or is this just part of being an aggressive player, since in the
> long run I?ll get paid off when I hit my hands?
>
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