Ring game, AA, get all your chips in preflop?

NineLions · Mar 25, 2007

In a cash game it's always good if you can get all your money in preflop with AA.

POKERSTARS GAME #9072566701: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.05/$0.10) - 2007/03/24 - 21:29:45 (ET)
Table 'Gacrux IV' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Ninelions ($7.95 in chips)
Seat 2: mehike ($15.60 in chips)
Seat 4: jchysk3027 ($9.85 in chips)
Seat 5: vercasso ($5.30 in chips)
Seat 6: K H2o Man ($12.65 in chips)
Seat 7: 6 TON DOG ($2.70 in chips)
Seat 8: williepack ($19.95 in chips)
Seat 9: renatorenato ($6.15 in chips)
K H2o Man: posts small blind $0.05
6 TON DOG: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Ninelions [As Ah]
williepack: calls $0.10
renatorenato: folds
Ninelions: raises $0.30 to $0.40
mehike: raises $0.80 to $1.20
jchysk3027: folds
vercasso: folds
K H2o Man: folds
6 TON DOG: folds
williepack: folds
Ninelions: raises $6.75 to $7.95 and is all-in
mehike: calls $6.75
*** FLOP *** [Kc 3d 2s]

blankoblanco · Mar 25, 2007

He have KK?

Demosthenes · Mar 25, 2007

I would agree-but in tournaments there are even times when you should fold AA preflop. An example would be when it is at the final table and 3 people are already all-in and you are the only other person sitting down(payouts for 4th, 3rd, 2nd,) it is mathematically better for you to fold.

Dingodaddy23 · Mar 25, 2007

no man, you should always see the flop before you put your money in with AA!! wtf were u thinking!!! you = donkey

Dorkus Malorkus · Mar 25, 2007

Dingodaddy23 said:
no man, you should fold preflop with AA

fix'd

Bombjack · Mar 25, 2007

Yah just call and fold if a King flops.

Dorkus Malorkus · Mar 25, 2007

Bombjack said:
Yah just call and fold if an ace flops because someone is obviously gonna runner runner flush yo' ass

guys your strategies with Aces need work

Freakakanus · Mar 25, 2007

I prefer punching my computer to try and rip my Aces in half........ pre-flop.

NineLions · Mar 25, 2007

combuboom said:
He have KK?

When the K came on the flop, I was 95% sure I was dead, or at least, drawing verrry slim.

NineLions · Mar 25, 2007

Demosthenes said:
I would agree-but in tournaments there are even times when you should fold AA preflop. An example would be when it is at the final table and 3 people are already all-in and you are the only other person sitting down(payouts for 4th, 3rd, 2nd,) it is mathematically better for you to fold.

Tourneys are a different animal, since survival is more important than in a cash game.

In the CC Costa del Poker freeroll today, 3rd hand, I got AA in early positon. Made a standard raise, got re-raised, re-raised him again.

Flop came with a K. Got him all-in on the turn holding, as I guessed, AK. Since this was a tourney, I didn't want to get all-in preflop, especially 3rd hand in.

NineLions · Mar 25, 2007

Freakakanus said:
I prefer punching my computer to try and rip my Aces in half........ pre-flop.

What would you do with 2 half Aces?

Shoestringx · Mar 25, 2007

NineLions said:
Tourneys are a different animal, since survival is more important than in a cash game.

In the CC Costa del Poker freeroll today, 3rd hand, I got AA in early positon. Made a standard raise, got re-raised, re-raised him again.

Flop came with a K. Got him all-in on the turn holding, as I guessed, AK. Since this was a tourney, I didn't want to get all-in preflop, especially 3rd hand in.

That was against me, I played my AK pretty bad. One would think that the amount of times that I had got burned with AK that I would learn to play them a little more carefully. But alas I overplayed them and got owned.

However, it was a good example of how to get the most out of you AA, without necessarily getting all your money in pre-flop.

skoldpadda · Mar 25, 2007

NineLions said:
What would you do with 2 half Aces?

Obviously you have twice as many nut flush draws.

NineLions · Mar 26, 2007

Shoestringx said:
That was against me, I played my AK pretty bad. One would think that the amount of times that I had got burned with AK that I would learn to play them a little more carefully. But alas I overplayed them and got owned.

However, it was a good example of how to get the most out of you AA, without necessarily getting all your money in pre-flop.

Sorry Shoe; notice I didn't mention any names.

Sometimes when I get AK I actually tell myself out loud "don't go broke with AK". Sometimes I listen, sometimes not.

Brunson says the good thing about AK is it's easier to get away from on the flop than AA or KK. That being said, you get AK a lot more times than AA or KK so you get more opportunities to lose with them too.

bengals886 · Mar 26, 2007

yes, I would definitely just move all in and try and get a call. if u take the blinds and dead money, so be it, at least u won.

Gothfunc · Mar 26, 2007

I see a conclusion, but no question? Of course you want to be allin preflop with AA, and the flop/turn/river is irrelevant. What exactly are we supposed to discuss?

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