Lately I've been running into problem playing big pocket pairs (QQ-AA) and I was wondering if I'm making a mistake. Playing NLHE penny tables and I make a standard raise or bigger and the flop comes with no overcards for QQ or KK and someone either pushes all in or reraises me all in if I make a pot sized bet or better. Regardless of how the board may look, at best sometimes you think an OESD or possible flush draw (and assuming you don't make a set). Is the correct move to call or fold?

Unfortunately, I don't know what the right thing to do is at a penny game, as I find people will see the flop with any random junk in penny games.

However, in a game with decent stakes, its really dependent on the flop, and how well you know the person who is pushing against you. Many people like to push with Top pair Good kicker, or with a big draw, or with a pair and a draw etc, and you have to pick up on which ppl will push with these hands.

You have an overpair to the board in a penny game, somebody pushes, and you're even CONSIDERING folding?

This is an easy easy call, or raise if you think others are coming along too. People will push will mid pair (or worse) in these games, trying to 'buy' the pots.

lol marm



he's right for sure, and actually in these games, to hell with standard raises. pop it up huge, and you can even push. you will get calls enough to make it work

Listen,
If you're getting so many high pocket pairs, maybe you should stop playing the penny tables and try your luck with the grown ups at $10-20

On penny table, you have to play your hand for what they worth...

AA KK QQ... big dam raise PF and push in the flop with no over cards is correct... dont worry, you will find some callers.

Penny taqble is not the place to be cute or fancy!
Well... Check raise is probably a good fancy moove...

KJ

Okay I have been making the right moves then doing basically what you guys mentioned (even poping the PF raise up 10x BB occasionaly. It's just lately I've been getting clobbered with these hands down over 1300 BB with QQ, KK, AA since 10/26

OMG 1300 BB is huge!!!

Only with AA KK QQ its even weirder!

KJ

No kidding that's why I started this thread, at a penny table the max buy in is $5. I buy in usually between 3-4 well, as it stands right now in PT, if I lose another all in with KK there's a good chance it can become a winning hand that actually loses $. I've gotten it 50 times so far over a little over 10K hands. % won so far is 76% but I'm less than $4 away form losing $ with it. I can't understand it, when I was at 5K hands KK was up around $10 or better as far as $ won. since 10/26 I've been doing nothing but losing $ with AA, KK, QQ and pushing the hands. If I were playing junk hands and losing $ I can understand my BR taking a beating but it's not the case here.

Man... that is simply bad luck!

Even playing these hands the worst you can do, they are supposed to make $$$...

And your down 1300 BB with those...

KJ