idfnl
Stylish Dinosaur
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I disagree. Its true however when youre starting out and playing ABC.
The thing is youre probably reraising AA preflop, thus everyone is putting you on a big pair hand, and youre only getting called postflop by hands that have you beat. That and it IS difficult to fold.
However, you should balance your ranges. For example, you should open up your re-raising range. Start re-raising other hands some of the time, even weak ones. When your range is wider, you will get paid off when you actually have the goods + you will bluff a lot of pots as well.
If youre known to reraise with marginal hands some of the time youll get played back at preflop with weaker hands as well.
Actually, I vary play with big pocket hands, especially pairs. 70% of the time I check preflop, especially with AA.
I like to trap in these situations, especially if another A pops up on the flop. regardless of what flops If I see 2 of a suit on the flop I raise very hard to try and kill the hand, or if an obvious strait draw shows up. Otherwise, I check until someone bets, then bet hard on my last chance to bet to indicate I am trying to buy the pot. Works most of the time, occasionally I get caught out with a set but most often this approach works.
I agree 100% with varying raises before the flop. In fact, I've actually adopted the approach of betting preflop on every 3rd or 5th hand I play, regardless of what I am holding. I like to have that randomness, and the small losses are made up with the occasional pocket 4 with a A44 flop.