Tuesday, February 15, 2011

#8 Any Ace!

Any Ace is just as it sounds. If this player has an ace they are in the hand. They believe the ace is the holy grail of poker. They will call just about any raise with the magical card regardless of what the other card is. Then when they flop another one they are in until the end. Either they will have most of your chips but most likely you will have theirs. In most bar poker games you will run into many tables with multiple any ace players and then it can become difficult to know if you have the best kicker when you also hit your ace and even if you have the best then there is always the possibility that they have two pair. Remember the second card is meaningless to them. They just know they have an ace. There is not much of a plus side to this style. They may hit early in a tournament and accumulate some chips but will be unable to stop playing that ace later and at some point will lose all their chips. A good player just has to wait it out and eventually will have this player out kicked and be able to get their chips. This style can sometimes also be any king too. Then you have even more decisions to make. Do they have an ace or a king and what is their kicker or are they suited to a double suit board. The down side to this style is that most of the time you will be out of the tournament early. So, if you only want to play for a short time this style may be for you.

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