WPH #600: How To Extract Max Value With ACES!

WPH #600: How To Extract Max Value With ACES!

From The Poker Coaching Podcast with Jonathan Little by Jonathan Little

February 9, 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses strategies for maximizing value with pocket aces in high stakes cash games, featuring insights from Jennifer Tilly's gameplay.

Peeling back and looking down at pocket aces in a high stakes cash game is the dream of every poker player! Jennifer Tilly was fortunate enough to get the pocket rockets during a cash game on PokerGO’s No Gamble, No Future. After squeezing it preflop and getting two callers, Tilly decides to slowplay her hand. It seems to work out perfectly as Pink shoves the turn with just a straight draw. But will Tilly think Pink’s all in for a huge amount is an extremely strong hand and make a terrible hero fold or will she win a huge pot and help answer the question: Why did Jennifer Tilly tip $200? When playing poker cash games or tournaments, it is important to protect your check-calling range. This means that when you check and call a bet, you should not only have medium-strength hands or draws. You should also include some very strong hands into your check-calling range, along with a few floats that you plan to turn into bluffs on certain runouts. By protecting your check-calling range, your opponents are left uncertain about the strength of your hand. As a result, it becomes much harder for them to exploit you by double barreling and forcing you to fold medium-strength hands when they…

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Little

Guest: Jennifer Tilly

Topics covered

  • poker strategy
  • high stakes cash games
  • check-calling range
  • value extraction
  • pocket aces

Keywords

  • pocket aces
  • cash games
  • poker strategy
  • check-calling
  • Jennifer Tilly

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PokerGO

Books & works: No Gamble, No Future

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