Pre-Flop
Let's get one thing
out of the way: you want
to get all the money in
pre-flop with this hand
if possible. Your
opponent might have a
pair and be a slight
favorite, he might have
Pocket Aces or
Pocket
Kings and have you in
extremely bad shape -
you can't care... You
cannot care. Your hand
is the nuts in your head
-- and you want to play
it fast.
Slowplaying your Aces
or Kings gives you a lot
of options to trap --
trapping with Ace King
in a heads-up No Limit
Hold'em Sit & Go is
tough, because ANY hand
is in reasonable shape
against your hand. If
you smoothcall a raise
out of position with AK
and the flop comes J82
-- you're out of
position against any two
cards as your opponent
could have raised you
with close to anything
pre-flop. You can't just
lay down AK - but you
don't know where you're
at. That's why we
re-raise pre-flop and
hope to get the jokers
out, get the AQ's and
AJ's to push their hand
against you...
Post-Flop
If you failed to make
the pot big pre-flop:
don't go crazy. If you
re-raised pre-flop and
pair up - go crazy. AK
plays easy post-flop --
no need to trap, if your
opponent made a pair too
- you're in great shape
to have him or her dominated...
Play big slick fast -
it's a monster! |
