Playing with AA

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Aces are a great starting hand but feel to many people feel they are owed a win just because you are dealt them. As we have all found out numerous times, that is not the case.
I still recommend a general aggressive strategy to try to get heads up with aces. Each additional player involved in a hand greatly reduces your expected win percentage. Like some posted earlier, be content to win a small pot. It is just a pair. Don't be too disappointed if everyone folds. What is a small win here could be a huge loss if some limps in with suited and/or connected cards and pulls a straight or flush on you.
Also, don't fall in love with your hand. The board and your opponents actions may be sending of warning shots that you need to listen to. Don't act like a teenage boy with a beautiful but crazy girlfriend and let your infatuation ruin you. (Disclaimer - Please feel free to change the genders to your personal preferences)
Finally, remember that we are gambling. Sure, this is a skill based game but we make our bets and actions based on what we believe are our expected outcomes. Nothing in this game is guaranteed and can change on the flip of a card.
 
I like to get all my chips in

If i have a pair of aces i plan to get all my chips in before the flop and hope some one calls
 
I'd always take the AA over any other hands, just be sure that you can fold it if you see that you are going to lose with it.
 
Playing Pocket Aces..

Remember that most hands in Texas Holdem" are won with a pair. and the strongest pair is Aces. That doesn't mean you have to go( ALL IN PRE FLOP) I know people like Tom Dwan are out there and may call you with J 9 suited. or any pocket thinking you are playing A 2 to K 5 or anything in between. however, you should look at a couple of things before you do anything, For example. was there an ace on the last flop, turn, or river? if there was, all in looks a bit scary to me. if you have not seen an ace on the board in a few hands, I would say shove. but either way, you need to raise at least 3 and a half times the blind, the reason is, people with 7,8 or 9,10 suited will most likely fold, even most people with Q,J Q 10, J 9, K, 10, Ace 10, and most people with small pairs. a raise that big makes it even hard to call with a pair of Jacks. any pro would tell you be ready to call all in at that point. if your beat, well that's just poker. your odds being beat pre flop are usually not very high. but if you raise 3 and a half times the blind, and some one call you, and lets say your playing Ace of Spades Ace of Diamonds, The flop drops the hearts, or three clubs, most of the time your going to be still good with your aces, most people won't call a pre flop raise with out a pair, and that means they have 4 but not the flush, unless your up against A K suited, then your dead in the water.if you feel he's got you, then fold, and be very glad you still have chips to play, and start playing tight.

here is a word of wisdom for you, most of the time a large pre flop raise makes you look stronger than an all in pre flop raise. it makes you look strong and confident. if you all in pre flop, people have to wonder, are you just trying to buy the blinds? or are you over betting to high cards, or a smaller pair than they have.

I hope this helps you out, happy bank rolling, Peace"
 
Woke up with Aces four time in one nights session..they only held up for me once lol I should have bet more pre flop and then I would have been good
 
I think it is important to know when to let go of AA when the flop is not favorable. How many times have you seen someone not able to let them go? It hurts when you gotta let them go, especially if you have been sitting patiently waiting for anything good for some time. Having said that, if I get AA several times, I love it. I agree that a good deal of the time, a hand is won with a pair.
 
Just lost with AA, then came here to chat... Difficult to lose this way... Lol.
 
I lost so many times with AA , that now I push all in in preflop. Hand like AA is good against AK, AQ or smaller pair than AA. Playing this hand against more players than 1 is risky.
 
Just pay the flop to see if you have somenthin else, I never go all in with just a pair even if it's AA
 
I with AA on the flop has already increased considerably high or all in,, you'd better make it impossible for someone to want to risk their luck since you already have something significant in hand 😛
 
AA is good for start but if there is possibility that game goes til river cards then AA is in real danger. Should be careful pushing with them.
 
As for playing Aces the normal game 3 bets pre flop and if someone does a raise it increases, but we all have stories to tell about it, tragedies and joys, in the end it is difficult for us to bounce the ones that make us smile when we see them. .
 
Heads up you are 80% to win, the more players in the hand the lower the percentage. To play with less players don't make it cheap to see the flop.
 
With AA, you happen to one of two things:
1) You win a small pot.
2) You lose the big pot.
AA is a hand that can control our mind. Pocket AA hypnotize us: "We will win this hand anyway - just wield it and get ready to become a winner", and many people believe that it will be exactly the same and nothing else.
 
If I am the first I increase 3x.

If have a first bet, I'll raise.
if I have 3 players in hand, go all in. 🙂
 
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