On a wet or dynamic board, there are too many cards that can bury your big pair when the turn and river come. On a dry or static board, the chances are just too great that somebody has a set, trips, or two pair.

When you get A-A or K-K in a bomb pot and don't flop a set, be prepared to check and fold quickly. To keep a bomb pot from blowing up in your face, commit to staying on the sidelines with anything less than two pair, at least until you get some reads on how the rest of the table approaches these hands. This can leave you feeling lost when the betting begins.ĭespite all of this, players lacking experience in bomb pots frequently overplay their top pairs or big pocket pairs. With bomb pots, you cannot assign a range of hands to any other player based on their preflop position and actions. Stack-to-pot ratios shrink and pot control will rarely be an option. With nine players, that creates a $180 pot to fight over when the flop betting begins. In a $2/$5 game, a typical bomb pot might require $20 antes from each player.