Daily Leak — July 5, 2026: Pocket aces facing a raise in the big blind
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No board yet — this decision is preflop.
Your hand: A♠ A♥, in the big blind. A player raises before the flop. You look down at two aces — the single best starting hand in poker.
What do you do?
- ARaise to $21
- BJust call
- CFold
Reveal the answer
Raise to $21
Of course. The best hand wants the biggest pot — you raise to get paid while you're ahead.
Why
Passive play is the habit of checking and calling with hands that should be bet or raised — giving free cards, missing value, and letting opponents realize equity you should be charging for.
Re-raising builds the pot now, while you're a huge favorite, and isolates one opponent.
Option by option
- ✓ Raise to $21 — Re-raising builds the pot now, while you're a huge favorite, and isolates one opponent.
- Just call — Too passive. Flat-calling aces invites the whole table in and turns a monster into a coinflip. Raise and charge them.
- Fold — Never. Aces beat a single opponent about 85% of the time — folding the best hand in poker burns money.
Aggression factor under 1.5. You check too many strong hands and let villains realize equity for free.
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