If the situations was at a live game I would factor in my position, amount of chips on hand, opponents’ stack sizes etc and then based on all the information available to me I would make a decision but here is the funny thing: if this scenario was online, I would fold instantly regardless of anything else because almost always when I am dealt a decent hand online it seems to magically coincide with a few other players having good hole cards too creating an action induced pot and then along comes a player with say hole cards like 7 2 off suite and goes all in and ends up winning the pot with a full house.
I am the originator of this question and first I wish to state that I appreciate your comments, but please do not get confused about my level of poker experience, I have been playing poker regularly for roughly the past 14 years.Robochick said:
The question that was posted on this forum was meant to be a [what if scenario]
What would you do while playing online with a pair of A’s and you somehow managed to drag along three other opponents who were able to then to see a flop.
I was curious to see how many of the responses would [NEVER let go of their A’s] even though the odds of those A’s still being the best hand would probably be gone.
I have witnessed similar situations so many times over the years playing online, while not as extreme as the situation I presented; they were close enough to pose this question.
While many of you understood the probability of those A’s no longer being the best hand, I was not surprised by those who would never let them go.
This forum is just a reflection of the real world, which is played out every single day in real life…. lol
Thanks to everyone who participated in this [What if scenario].
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I think that's a fold, if the game is serious (the players are not always all-in players, who play like a joke). Also depends on the pre-flop bets, to guess what cards they could have. If they entered the flop cheap, they could have everything. 2 small pairs beats AA 🙂
There are too many factors to consider. If this is a free roll and early in the tournament, then I would likely call.
If this is early in a tournament that I can afford to rebuy in, I might take the flip if I dont have any information on the players and if the flop is right. If the board is really connected, or there are two of the same suit, I might consider folding (but might call).
If this is an expensive buyin that I cannot easily rebuy into, or if its already too late in the tournament, I would probably fold (if im not pot commited).
If this is early in a tournament that I can afford to rebuy in, I might take the flip if I dont have any information on the players and if the flop is right. If the board is really connected, or there are two of the same suit, I might consider folding (but might call).
If this is an expensive buyin that I cannot easily rebuy into, or if its already too late in the tournament, I would probably fold (if im not pot commited).
In such situation folding just a pair of aces is standard move. Moreover, I can make easy folds with top pair or pocket overpair on dangerous flop when my opponent goes all in. Remember, your pair of aces can be your doom for you. Every single starting hand can lose or win, but some have more chances and some have less. It is just chances, not a fact of victory or lost.
Did I play this wrong? I was dealt AA on the button, I raised 3x the pot. The flop gave 9 10 A. Three players folded leaving me v. villain. He raise 1x pot and I duly raise 2x pot, he called. The turn gave us a J. I know if he holds KQ or 78 connectors I'm screwed. He checked I raised only 2x pot (should I have been more aggressive here to weed him out or scare him?) he called and the river gave us a seven. He checked. I went all in. (he was chip heavy, I was chip light - tournament game) he called. He had the 8 and did a number on my AAA.
Any advice would help. As I say I'm a newbie to the game and I can see some errors. But how would more experienced players have played this in the same position. Should I have just gone all in earlier? Say on the flop when I saw a 9 10 connector flopped.
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Any advice would help. As I say I'm a newbie to the game and I can see some errors. But how would more experienced players have played this in the same position. Should I have just gone all in earlier? Say on the flop when I saw a 9 10 connector flopped.
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Playing online given your specific situation and your opponents holding cards, the only way you may have escaped would have been to shove all-in preflop. Not much profit if he folds, only the blinds and his initial raise.BigRedRooster said:
While I would never consider doing such a donk move if only two of us were making decisions in playing that hand, once your opponent was able to see the flop, he had just too many outs in his mind to make his straight and less likely Quads [11] total, four 6’s, four J’s and three 8’s.
So the chance of most online players and probably a fair amount of regular players folding was extremely slim after that specific flop [9,10,A] with exactly those holding cards of 7,8
Your mistake was shoving allin on the river, you needed to ask yourself, what the heck could he have been holding with a flop like that, you could of placed a strong possibility he was fishing for a straight, which then could of slowed you down hopefully ………. lol
