Ring game, AA, get all your chips in preflop?

In a cash game it's always good if you can get all your money in preflop with AA.


pokerstars GAME #9072566701: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.05/$0.10) - 2007/03/24 - 21:29:45 (ET)
Table 'Gacrux IV' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Ninelions ($7.95 in chips)
Seat 2: mehike ($15.60 in chips)
Seat 4: jchysk3027 ($9.85 in chips)
Seat 5: vercasso ($5.30 in chips)
Seat 6: K H2o Man ($12.65 in chips)
Seat 7: 6 TON DOG ($2.70 in chips)
Seat 8: williepack ($19.95 in chips)
Seat 9: renatorenato ($6.15 in chips)
K H2o Man: posts small blind $0.05
6 TON DOG: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Ninelions [As Ah]
williepack: calls $0.10
renatorenato: folds
Ninelions: raises $0.30 to $0.40
mehike: raises $0.80 to $1.20
jchysk3027: folds
vercasso: folds
K H2o Man: folds
6 TON DOG: folds
williepack: folds
Ninelions: raises $6.75 to $7.95 and is all-in
mehike: calls $6.75
*** FLOP *** [Kc 3d 2s]

He have KK?

I would agree-but in tournaments there are even times when you should fold AA preflop. An example would be when it is at the final table and 3 people are already all-in and you are the only other person sitting down(payouts for 4th, 3rd, 2nd,) it is mathematically better for you to fold.

no man, you should always see the flop before you put your money in with AA!! wtf were u thinking!!! you = donkey

Dingodaddy23 said:

no man, you should fold preflop with AA

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fix'd

Yah just call and fold if a King flops.

Bombjack said:

Yah just call and fold if an ace flops because someone is obviously gonna runner runner flush yo' ass

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guys your strategies with Aces need work

I prefer punching my computer to try and rip my Aces in half........ pre-flop.

combuboom said:

He have KK?

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When the K came on the flop, I was 95% sure I was dead, or at least, drawing verrry slim.

Demosthenes said:

I would agree-but in tournaments there are even times when you should fold AA preflop. An example would be when it is at the final table and 3 people are already all-in and you are the only other person sitting down(payouts for 4th, 3rd, 2nd,) it is mathematically better for you to fold.

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Tourneys are a different animal, since survival is more important than in a cash game.

In the CC Costa del Poker freeroll today, 3rd hand, I got AA in early positon. Made a standard raise, got re-raised, re-raised him again.

Flop came with a K. Got him all-in on the turn holding, as I guessed, AK. Since this was a tourney, I didn't want to get all-in preflop, especially 3rd hand in.

Freakakanus said:

I prefer punching my computer to try and rip my Aces in half........ pre-flop.

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What would you do with 2 half Aces?

NineLions said:

Tourneys are a different animal, since survival is more important than in a cash game.

In the CC Costa del Poker freeroll today, 3rd hand, I got AA in early positon. Made a standard raise, got re-raised, re-raised him again.

Flop came with a K. Got him all-in on the turn holding, as I guessed, AK. Since this was a tourney, I didn't want to get all-in preflop, especially 3rd hand in.

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That was against me, I played my AK pretty bad. One would think that the amount of times that I had got burned with AK that I would learn to play them a little more carefully. But alas I overplayed them and got owned.

However, it was a good example of how to get the most out of you AA, without necessarily getting all your money in pre-flop.

NineLions said:

What would you do with 2 half Aces?

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Obviously you have twice as many nut flush draws.

Shoestringx said:

That was against me, I played my AK pretty bad. One would think that the amount of times that I had got burned with AK that I would learn to play them a little more carefully. But alas I overplayed them and got owned.

However, it was a good example of how to get the most out of you AA, without necessarily getting all your money in pre-flop.

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Sorry Shoe; notice I didn't mention any names.


Sometimes when I get AK I actually tell myself out loud "don't go broke with AK". Sometimes I listen, sometimes not.

Brunson says the good thing about AK is it's easier to get away from on the flop than AA or KK. That being said, you get AK a lot more times than AA or KK so you get more opportunities to lose with them too.

yes, I would definitely just move all in and try and get a call. if u take the blinds and dead money, so be it, at least u won.

I see a conclusion, but no question? Of course you want to be allin preflop with AA, and the flop/turn/river is irrelevant. What exactly are we supposed to discuss?