I don't find a reason to play such a high variance spot so early in a tournament , no matter the buy in. Those players were probably just playing for the sake of the fund raising?!
If I were in your shoes I would have done the same nit fold because I like the game of poker.I want to play post flop and small ball poker instead of getting eliminated in such a spot. I start open shoving or 3bet jamming when the odds and the math are correct and the play is a long term +EV action, based on my current ability and knowledge as a player.
If I were in your shoes I would have done the same nit fold because I like the game of poker.I want to play post flop and small ball poker instead of getting eliminated in such a spot. I start open shoving or 3bet jamming when the odds and the math are correct and the play is a long term +EV action, based on my current ability and knowledge as a player.
If your goal was to win money, then this fold was certainly a huge mistake. AA all in preflop is always hugely + chip EV regardless of the number of opponents, and as others have already said, the only time, this can be overridden by ICM-considerations, is near the bubble in a satellite. Had you called and won this hand, you would have gotten a huge early chip lead, which allowed you to comfortably reach at least the middle phase of the tournament.
If you had other goals like fun or entertainment for the weekend, these are personal and therefore not suited for discussion in a poker forum. I can not tell you, how much it would have bothered you to go out in the first hand. I can only tell you, that if your goal is to win money in tournaments, you have to always be ready to die, and you can not let other factors than chip EV and ICM influence your decision making.
If you had other goals like fun or entertainment for the weekend, these are personal and therefore not suited for discussion in a poker forum. I can not tell you, how much it would have bothered you to go out in the first hand. I can only tell you, that if your goal is to win money in tournaments, you have to always be ready to die, and you can not let other factors than chip EV and ICM influence your decision making.
If your not ready to risk everything with the best possible starting hand I believe you will never be able to win, poker is a gambling game if you have no gamble your already beat.On top of that your playing in a live Trny,if any of the other players knew you folded aces pre-flop your going to bullied out of every pot after that
My opinion
In that situation all the warning signs were given not to go all-in. You made the right call to fold. If it wasn't a special event, a long road trip, and two people calling or one of the first to bet. I would probably go all-in. You can go all-in one ninth of the time and win. Nine players one wins.
In that situation all the warning signs were given not to go all-in. You made the right call to fold. If it wasn't a special event, a long road trip, and two people calling or one of the first to bet. I would probably go all-in. You can go all-in one ninth of the time and win. Nine players one wins.
That is a call. But I can respect your decision to fold, in live poker sometimes other factors then just the game theory calculates into poker decisions. It is entirely normal and even somewhat expected I would think, if you are not a pro.
depending on why sometimes the pair of A does not always guarantee you the victory and even more at the beginning of a tournament since almost always several will go to try their luck and as seen it works I would go with everything if I get a trio or possibility of color considering the ladder because I paused that I lost against a colored ladder
