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Limpers & Bluffers
Many people think that finding tells and "looking into people's souls" is crucial to hand reading. Usually, though, it involves nothing that mystical. Reading hands is often mostly an exercise in deductive reasoning. You start with a wide range of hands, and use each of your opponent's actions to narrow down the possibilities. In this case, your foe is a wealthy businessman named Joe.



You are playing in a $3-$6 limit Texas Hold 'Em game at your local card room. You are itching to play, having just finished arranging your buy-in, $200 in $1 chips, into pyramid formation. A ruddy-cheeked college kid across the table yelled, "Here comes the action," when the chip runner brought your large buy-in. Of course, that did not bother you; you know that having a large stack makes you look like the big winner.

The dealer deals the next hand. Several players fold, and then two people limp in. You are next to act, three players off the button. You look at your cards and see AA . What should you do?

A. Fold
B. Call
C. Raise


Ed Miller is a professional Hold 'Em player in Las Vegas. His new book, Small Stakes Hold 'Em: Winning Big with Expert Play, co-authored with David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth, will be available from Two Plus Two Press in Summer 2004. You can contact him on the forums at http://www.twoplustwo.com/.




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