There are always players that go all-in on the very first hand. Maybe not at your table. But watch the lobby at the start of every tournament. There will inevitably be at least one player that doubles up in the very first hand. While it's great to pick up pocket aces in the very first hand of a tournament, it's even better when you find yourself sitting at a table with the guy who is going to go all-in on the first hand.
Hi!
It was once live in a $ 100 buy-in tournament that in the first hand, one player raised from 100,000 chips to 1,200 in the blind. My view of my page is KK. I raised back to 4800. Then he’s all in and I of course make my call. He had AA. Nothing happened to me and so I could go play a cash game. 🙂 Should I have dropped it? Shouldn't he have been lifted back? There were only small cards on the flop. If I hadn’t raised back preflop, I’d bet on the flop.
It was once live in a $ 100 buy-in tournament that in the first hand, one player raised from 100,000 chips to 1,200 in the blind. My view of my page is KK. I raised back to 4800. Then he’s all in and I of course make my call. He had AA. Nothing happened to me and so I could go play a cash game. 🙂 Should I have dropped it? Shouldn't he have been lifted back? There were only small cards on the flop. If I hadn’t raised back preflop, I’d bet on the flop.
I have definitely had pocket aces the first hand a few times and have double up with them and have been eliminated. It’s actually the worst time to get a huge hand like aces because the blinds are very low and the likelihood of a really big hand (chip wise) is lower than later in the tournament. If you do get the chips in post flop there is a good chance you have been outflopped.
IntenseHeat said:
Absolutely correct and the reason behind that when at least one player is getting out in the hand in whatever tournament is that it is mathematically impossible on so many tables at least two players to do not have too strong hands and to pay them. Also, there are players who are very gamble and will be all-in in the first hand or players who have tilted a lot and whatever hand they have they will go all-in
gichka97 said:
I love when I have good pocket pair and get several callers to my all in and I win it. It sucks though having to dodge so much so often too.
Just a few hours ago I played a tourney and first hand I was AK spades and was all-in 4 ways (hyper turbo tourney) and all of us missed hitting the board but it was glorious win for me as the other hands were AQ, AJ, AJ and the board was 47823. Was out a about 10 levels later when I had QQ and other guy had A3 all in preflop and he hits his A on the turn.
