CO $84.79
Button $39.28
SB $23.43
Playing in a short handed .5/1 PLO game on stars I picked up AhAd3s6s and after the cut off opened to $3 and was called by the button and the SB I decided to repop to the maximum to $15. Most importantly, I have aces, and cannot be beat just yet and should be a nice favourite on this action. My opponents were all pretty loose, and so could be holding ugly hands which don't really flop that well and they were pretty short stacked as well. In general when you have a strong hand or the nuts you want to play it aggressively; of course there are lots of exceptions to this general rule. All of my opponents called, leaving $60 in the pot, and we went to the flop.
The flop came perfectly : ($60) AcKs5c. Top set on a fairly draw heavy board. The SB, my shortest opponent, shoved his last $8.43 into the pot with a very nice draw, Qc8cTdJs, I made a pot size raise with my AhAd3s6s and the cut off decided to call with his top two pair, AsKd7d6d. This is not really the sort of hand you want to be raising or calling reraises with before the flop, since your cards are so disconnected, but his flop play was actually correct despite the fact that he was drawing almost dead. Getting better than 2:1 on his money it would be a mistake to lay down top two pair to this action. The board ran out with the 2s and the 8h and I won the pot.
In general, when you have a strong or very hand you should bet or raise with it. This will help protect you from being outdrawn and to extract value from hands which have a lesser probability of emerging the winner. But strength in poker is always subjective so you must carefully observe your opponents in order to properly ascertain the meaning of their bets and respond accordingly.
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