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AA on K♠ 7♦ 2♣, checked to you — bet small, bet big or check?

The answer

Bet small

≈⅓ pot ($7) with your whole range

Solvers also mix: Bet big

The math: K72 rainbow · your Button range bets ~⅓ pot here with almost everything — and aces mostly come along: solver picks small 52% / big 48%.

Why

K♠ 7♦ 2♣ is the classic range-bet board: it hits your Button range far harder than the caller's, so the solver fires a small bet with nearly its whole range — and pocket aces mostly join that range bet. A third-pot bet keeps every weak king, middle pair and float paying you across three streets, while a pot-size bet folds most of them right now. The solver mixes the big bet with aces close to half the time, so sizing up isn't a mistake — but small is still the (narrow) favourite: the range does the betting, and your monster hides inside it.

The spot

Villain · BB
checks
POT · $20
K
7
2
A
A
BTN
$1 / $2 · 100bb
Your seat
BTN
Stakes and stacks
$1 / $2 · 100bb
Your hand
A♣ A♦
Board
K♠ 7♦ 2♣
Pot
POT · $20
Action on you
BB checks

Every option

  • Bet small≈⅓ pot ($7) with your whole rangeCorrect

  • Bet bigpot-size ($20)

    Why not: Not a blunder — solvers bomb aces here close to half the time, so it is an accepted size. But the pot-size bet folds out the very hands that would pay you three small streets: weak kings, middle pairs, stray floats. The small bet keeps all of them in, which is why it's still the (narrow) favourite.

  • Checkgive a free card

    Why not: You hold a near-unbeatable overpair; checking wins the minimum and gives the hands that would have paid you a free card. The solver never checks aces here.

The idea behind it

On boards that smash the raiser's range, the whole range bets small — monsters included, both for value and as camouflage. Save the big sizings for boards where the caller's range holds plenty of second-best hands that will pay them.

Concept: Range bet

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