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Mike_25
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Look, AA is a premium hand, no doubt about it. But pots and competitions these days are bigger than ever. When there's 10-20x the blind in the middle, AA isn't necessarily the nuts anymore. I've seen too many crazy calls and insane bluffs over the lifetime to believe any two cards beat all others. Not in this breed of player.
AA pops up a lot, nearly as much as pocket pairs go. And more often than not, it ends up getting cracked in some crazy inflate pot picture that everyone feels obligated to call due to how much dead money is already in the middle. There's not a hand, no matter the cards, that crushes a field of players overly eager to win a pot. Not enough to offset the sheer size of bets these days.
The games have changed too much for any one hand like AA to frequently accomplish what past generations of players might boast as an unbeatable combination. There's too many bigger fish, pots keep getting bigger but methods stay the same. You better be prepared to frequently fold premium starting hands to make money in today's games. And if you go broke doing otherwise, well that's what we call losing with AA.
AA pops up a lot, nearly as much as pocket pairs go. And more often than not, it ends up getting cracked in some crazy inflate pot picture that everyone feels obligated to call due to how much dead money is already in the middle. There's not a hand, no matter the cards, that crushes a field of players overly eager to win a pot. Not enough to offset the sheer size of bets these days.
The games have changed too much for any one hand like AA to frequently accomplish what past generations of players might boast as an unbeatable combination. There's too many bigger fish, pots keep getting bigger but methods stay the same. You better be prepared to frequently fold premium starting hands to make money in today's games. And if you go broke doing otherwise, well that's what we call losing with AA.