Aces

It is offical I hate pocket aces. No matter how i play them I lose them.

lol only 1 way to play them and thats all in ...( and lose most of the time )

Simple, fold them preflop and you wont lose any $$.

Have to bet em big pre-flop. If the flop is ugly...chuck those Aces fast!!!!

if your losing all the time with pocket aces, maybe you just suck

Just something to think about

Personally, I say bet big enough pre-flop so that everyone knows you have AA / other good hand.

Then if you make a c-bet and they re-shove you know you are probably beat depending on the flop.

why do ppl remeber the times they lose with aces but never remember the other 80% of the time they win with them
look for good not bad and u will be happier ppl

^^^this. And this.

i agree with pantin007. selective memory is at play here.
attach to the positive. excellent post pantin!

I'm loving 'em. Last pocket Aces were the best hand I ever had.

Ironically enough, I donated the proceeds to a family in need.

Happy Christmas everyone.
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I have no problem with them - definitely agree that there's some degree of selective memory at work. Not to mention that there's a good chance that with a nice pre-flop raise you're going to be getting folds all around pre-flop or on the flop, so there's less chance of scooping up a big pot.

As the saying goes about AA: "win small pot, lose HUGE pot." Just how it goes sometimes when they do get cracked. Couple of nights ago, I was playing on PokerRoom micro-limit cash game and I had bullets twice over the course of a five-hour session. 1st time - got cracked by an up-and-down straight draw from the flop that hit on the turn. Raised pre-flop and followed it on the turn. Let it roll off my mind and put me on tilt as there was no way my opponent was folding depending on my bet and the way he/she was playing. 2nd time - picked up small pot after the flop after putting it up 5x BB pre-flop with 2 callers.

All I can do is pretty much tell myself "that's poker" and move on....

Happy Christmas and New Year to all and good luck on the tables!

The problem is, although you may win with them, if you can't fold aces post-flop, you could actually lose in the long run with aces. If you pick up the blinds and maybe the preflop raise when you win but lose your stack when you lose, maybe you've identified a hole. Although instead of folding them, push all-in every time. Then you don't have a chance to make a bad decision and at worst you win the blinds . Or you could just learn how to play aces or realize that you're actually winning with them, whichever is the case.