AA

Do having two pre-flop AA cards always play for everything??? What are your ways of playing “AA”

Best starting hand in holdem, true, guaranteed winner, not so much. I would caution against using the words always & never in your poker thinking. Game decisions are seldom that clear.

99% of the time I'm going all in

Sometimes I throw myself to the line so as not to allow them to set up the game, however there is always someone who pays, and so they beat me with low cards.

Just fold them and weep

Push all-in preflop because I have the advantage

Best hand preflop

It depends on stack sizes. Pushing all in with 200BB is poinless. You can be beaten by any two cards someone alse is holding. Or you can just take the blinds. Raise big and try to get value postflop or lay your hand down if you feel your'r beaten. The only time I would got all in preflop is when I'm reraised.

No. It's the best possible hand preflop, but AA could become drastically worse post-flop based on certain runouts and lots of betting. Pocket Aces is still only One Pair, so there's many times you'll want to fold AA. If we are only talking about preflop, then even here, there might be rare cases where folding AA is correct. Namely ICM implications or a satellite event where on the bubble and only advancing matters, but there's no benefit of first or last to advance.

Phoenix Wright said:

No. It's the best possible hand preflop, but AA could become drastically worse post-flop based on certain runouts and lots of betting. Pocket Aces is still only One Pair, so there's many times you'll want to fold AA. If we are only talking about preflop, then even here, there might be rare cases where folding AA is correct. Namely ICM implications or a satellite event where on the bubble and only advancing matters, but there's no benefit of first or last to advance.

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I just played a hand with Aces , I raised 2bbs , BTN reraised to 7bbs, 3 players went all in, I make my call as well. At the end 4 players including me with around 160bbs, two players has AJo, flop came K J T, turn is an 8, river Queen. Two players won the hand, my Aces has a chance to triple up but at the end river came a queen. That’s poker

ML51450 said:

Push all-in preflop because I have the advantage

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Exactly…this is the one time that you know for sure that you have the best hand…post flop, things can change…as a previous post says, 99% of the time all in…as already mentioned in prior posts, if you are on the bubble or you only need to finish in the top 10, let’s say to get a satellite ticket, then that might be the time to make a good raise, without going all in.

I've already responded to your quastion but I've just noticed that it's you who wrote it. I know you from tables, a few days ago we even played at the final table at WPTG. Next time I'll try to say hello

i wouldnt play for my house, car ... with AA because in a few years of online poker there is always a chance that AA is beaten by small pairs which are hitting the board and im always afraid of suited connectors like 9-10 or 10-J they can destroy you easy a few times ;-). So my advice is dont play the strongest hand always too aggressive because against 2 or 3 villains this is not the best way in my opinion.

pre flop always all in is a good choice but post flop if you see straighty or flushy board its better just to lay it down

ExMoroccan said:

pre flop always all in is a good choice but post flop if you see straighty or flushy board its better just to lay it down

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Totally disagree.

Now if you open AA and someone jam-raises you, you have to call, even 3-way. That's different.

But just open jamming? Never ever do this if your stack is more than 40-50bb. We could 4-bet jam at 40-50bb or maybe a little more but never ever open jam unless your stack is short enough, and even then, it's usually better to open normally and value bet post flop unless the board is super crazy wet. ** someone with more experience can adjust these jamming stack sizes for us but I believe them to be roughly appropriate.

With AA we absolutely want 1 or 2 calls. Who is going to call if we open shove 70bb deep? We had a chance to win a large pot and instead we steal the blinds and antes. That is just throwing away chips.

Or the opposite happens. We get called by KQs and Villain flops a K and turns a Q and we're out. Or we get called by some dumb fish with T9s and he runs out a flush and we lose 70bb! 20bb we can lose but all 70? Nope. that's just foolish. If you are losing these spots, the game is not rigged. You are misplaying AA. Remember, 72o has a 15% chance to beat AA if jammed pre-flop, so 15-20% of the time you will LOSE with AA. Do you want to bet your whole 100bb stack on that without seeing a flop first? Do you really? Really?? Are you positively sure???

Even at 20bb opening or calling normally is usually more profitable. Let's say that CO opens for 3x with KTs. If we 3-bet jam AA from the BT he probably folds. If we call him and he hits a K84-rb flop, he will value bet us or check call us for value and unless the board goes fugly he will do this for 3 streets!

Also, never slow play AA pre-flop unless it's a short stack trap. Never slow play anything pre flop unless it's a prime pair in a short stack trap. Slow plays are for monster hands only and pre-flop AA is only a pair, hardly a monster. If we limp AA we are just begging to get sucked out. We will be 4-handed and unless we hit an A we are blind against 3 Villains that any of them could have fluked 2-pair or a set when seeing the flop 100% wide. A full house makes an excellent slow play because a full house WANTS straights and flushes to complete, so let them draw cheaply or at their own price. Of course we never have a full house pre-flop, so we never slow play pre-flop. AA on the other hand doesn't want draws to complete. Even a set of AAA does NOT want draws to complete. You need to play fast. Value bet and price out draws just like with any strong made hand.

... you shouldn't "always" do anything, ...poker is situational, the answer is usually "it depends" 👍

Very smart

At the final table I was second and I got AA and first called me ith QJ and got a straight

szwajar1979 said:

Laundry to members. Do you always play for everything with AA?

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I don't think you should automatically go all-in with AA every time. It’s usually the best starting hand, but position, stack sizes, the board, and the opponent’s actions all matter. The goal is to get maximum value from AA, not simply risk your entire stack every time you have it

This is a typical it depends situation.

The format cashgame or tournament poker may give situations weher you can play it differently.

The position at the table where you get the AA hand, has someone raised before you, what is the table dynamic.
Do you have well known players?
Do you want to PFS with AA?
Question is where is it possible to misplay your aces.

I rarely see aces go all in by the time the river hits. Too many times players fold, or even I can fold, because the way the flop, turn, or river has come so far. You have to be able to fold aces just as much as you're willing to go all in with them, depending on the whole situation. If I can get somebody to go all in pre-flop, yeah, I'm going for it. But once that flop hits, aces are just a pair.

AA can get beat, so no, i usually dont go all in with Aces

I only do that when the hand situation calls for an all-in; otherwise, I like to play trap.

Hello my Friend
Going all-in with pocket aces (AA) pre-flop is the standard baseline play due to its roughly 85% equity against a random hand, but it is not a absolute rule

While AA is the strongest possible starting hand in Texas Hold'em, the decision to shove depends heavily on whether you are playing pre-flop versus post-flop, and whether you are in a cash game or a tournament.

Going all-in pre-flop is always the best choice.

rdwr33 said:

Going all-in pre-flop is always the best choice.

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