Poker spots
Common poker spots, answered.
Short answers from the Aced Poker charts. Each one links to the spot in the app.
Cash games
- How to play AK in a limped potSomeone limps in front of you and you look down at ace king. Here is what the Aced Poker live charts do.
- Pocket jacks facing a raiseSomeone opens and you hold pocket jacks. The answer depends on who opened and where you sit.
- When to isolate limpersA player limps and it folds to you. Should you raise or limp behind?
- How much to raise over limpersLimpers change your raise size. Here is the rule the Aced Poker live charts use.
- How to play against a calling stationThey call far more than they bet or raise, then show down weak pairs. Here is how to beat them.
- 3bet ranges at live 1/2Live players open big. A 3bet over a big open is big too, so the range changes.
- How to play the small blindYou act first after the flop from the small blind. That changes which hands you play and how.
- How to play a straddled potSomeone straddles under the gun. Every seat now has a different job.
- Big blind against a big live openLive players often open to 5bb. The bigger the open, the fewer hands the big blind can defend.
- Opening ranges by positionYour seat decides how many hands you can open. The later you act, the more you play.