Alabatross Around My neck

[studiopet]

I'm just taking a look at my pokertracker stats and I'm a bit suprised that the hand I've lost the most $$ with over 3K hands is AJos.

I played back a good portion of them with the player and it looks like I make top pair (J's) - bet it big and loose it to an overpair draw.

What say you when you have top pair (J's) after the flop with Ace kicker?

-Studio-

BTW - happy holidays.

[ChipFish]

I say keep the pot small if possible, yet continue showing agression.
Make sense?

[jaeh00d]

for some odd reason i do not always seem comfortable with that hand either.... i would rather pair my jack with top kicker then top pair with a good kicker...

but for some odd reason I am not always comfortable with that hand

[Zybomb]

This is called a trouble hand for a reason. ITS TROUBLE

In cash games, unless against an aggressive raiser, if there has been a raise I will be laying down off suit AJ more often than not, and almost always laying down off suit A10 K10 and KJ. Right away this should prevent you from trouble.

If the pot is limped, Id treat TPTK (Jack with an ace kick) a little more strong than I would against a raise. If you are the raiser, I'd make a normal CB size bet on the flop and see where to proceed... I certainly wouldn't stop betting if I was called (texture of the flop matters here) but Id try and put my opponents on hands... the main thing is you DONT wanna be with these hands in pots where you aren't in control. Dont be afraid to fold a winner sometimes... but if you would avoid playing trouble hands to PFRs it would make things much easier and avoid these situations for you.

As far as overpair DRAWS... I assume that means someone calls your flop bet with a Q or a K and then they hit? Don't worry about that YOU WANT THEM TO CALL... if they wanna call a large bet cashing 6 outs which may or may not be clean, LET THEM...you'll win in the long run