Playing Aces In Position :

Poker players playing aces in position sometimes try to get tricky with their play. Though it is not untrue that tricky play can earn a poker player a lot of money it is definitely something that is over used and done very badly. Tricky play with aces can happen in a few situations and very rarely. Aces in position can be played in too ways, a player can first of all play aces in position by fast playing them or slow playing aces in position.

Fast playing pocket aces translates as betting with them pre-flop. If a poker player is faced with limps behind him he should almost always raise them up with pocket aces. Doing this stops limpers from getting into a pot cheaply and being able to outdraw a Texas Holdem poker player. Playing pocket aces fast also builds the pot pre-flop because a raise and a call will means a larger pot than if the pot was un-raised to start off with. Fast playing aces is what a poker player should do the majority of time in position because a lot of value in aces is pre-flop and the larger a poker player can build the pot the more value he will get with pocket aces. He should at no point allow his poker opponents to get in cheaply when playing pocket aces in Texas Holdem poker.

Slow playing aces is something a poker player can do to mix up their play. A poker player should never slow play aces in position if there has not been a raise before him, he should never slow play aces if there are limped behind him either. Slow playing aces in position can occur when another Texas Holdem opponent has committed a large part of his stack pre-flop. Slow playing aces could occur if a poker opponent has raised and action is on an opponent, he reraises and everyone else folds except the initial raiser. The initial raiser now reraises the player commiting around a third of his stack. At this point a poker player can consider simple calling and not raising to slow play his pocket aces. This works because if a poker player now raises he reveals the strength of his hand. If he simply calls he gives his opponent the illusion that he has the control of the pot and the action is on the opponent first post flop because he is in position. This means that a poker player can simply wait for his opponent to bet into him on the flop and call down the bet which will commit his stack.