Cold Calling - 3 Betting - 4 Betting

Broadway Pairs Facing a Single Raiser

A♥K♠K♣8♣

Action Type of Hand Examples
RAISE About 6% 
A♥K♠K♣8♣

A♥J♥J♣9♣
FOLD About 77%

10♥10♦5♦8♠

J♥J♦6♦2♠
CALL About 17%

K♥K♦9♦8♦

10♣10♥9♥8♠

Broadway Pairs Late Position Raise First In

Action Type of Hand Examples
RAISE About 90%

As you get closer to the Button, you should start opening much wider.

K♥K♠A♠10♠

Q♦A♥Q♥J♣

J♦K♥K♥J♣

K♥A♠K♠2♠
FOLD About 10%

When you are holding pocket pairs with two cards that are five or lower you almost always want to fold.

10♥10♠5♠2♠

Broadway Pairs Early Position Raise First In

Action Type of Hand Examples
RAISE About 35%

  • If you are holding an ACE alongside your KINGS , QUEENS or JACKS you want to open-raise 100%!
  • When you are holding a suited ACE alongside your Broadway pair, you want to open-raise very close to 100%

K♥K♠A♠10♠

Q♦A♥Q♥J♣

J♦K♥K♥J♣

K♥A♠K♠2♠
FOLD About 65%

When you are holding pocket pairs with two cards that are five or lower you almost always want to fold.

K♥K♠5♦2♠

K♥10♥10♠2♠

Aces Facing a 4 Bet

Action Type of Hand Examples
5 Bet/ALL IN ALL Hands

A♥A♠K♠2♠

A♦A♥2♥J♣
FOLD Never  

Aces Facing a 3 Bet Out of Position

Action Type of Hand Examples
4 Bet ALL Hands

A♥A♠K♠Q♠

A♦A♥Q♥Q♣
FOLD Never  

Aces Facing a Raise In Position

Action Type of Hand Examples
RAISE Most Hands

A♥A♠K♠Q♠

A♦A♥Q♥Q♣
FOLD Never -
CALL
  • 3 cards of the same suit
  • A very low suit without any additional connectivity
  • No cards of the same suit

A♥A♠5♠2♠

A♦A♥6♥2♣

A♦A♥9♣4♠

Aces in BB Facing EP Open

Action Type of Hand Examples
RAISE About 80% of Hands

A♥A♠K♠Q♠

A♦A♥Q♥Q♣
FOLD Never -
CALL About 20% of Hands

Hands that don't have matching suits and very little connectivity

A♥A♠5♣2♦

Aces in BB Facing BTN Open

Action Type of Hand Examples
RAISE About 95% of Hands

A♥A♠K♠Q♠

A♦A♥Q♥Q♣
FOLD Never -
CALL About 5% of Hands Aces that don’t have good connectivity or that do have connectivity, but with very low cards.

A♥A♠K♣2♦

A♠A♦3♣2♥

 

Aces Facing a 3 Bet In Position

Action Type of Hand Examples
4 BET About 85% of Hands

A♥A♠K♠Q♠

A♦A♥Q♥Q♣
FOLD Never

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CALL About 15% of Hands

Call with Aces that are holding two wheel cards or two cards that are very close to wheel cards

A♦A♥2♥3♣

A♦A♥6♣4♥

 

Aces in BB Facing 2 Opponents

Action Type of Hand Examples
RAISE Almost 100% of Hands

A♥A♠K♠Q♠

A♦A♥Q♥Q♣
FOLD Never

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CALL Almost Never

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