$Freeroll NLHE MTT: Busted with AA

BB were 400 so my only option was to shove it or am i wrong. probably i should have all in in the first place but not calling first.

reflop: Hero is MP1 with A A
UTG+1 raises to 800, UTG+2 raises to 1,200, Hero calls 1,200, MP2 folds, MP3 raises to 3,787 and is all-in, 4 folds, UTG+1 calls 106 and is all-in, UTG+2 calls 2,587, Hero raises to 5,031 and is all-in, UTG+2 calls 1,244

Flop: (15,805) 8 5 4 (4 players, 3 are all-in)
Turn: (15,805) K (4 players, 3 are all-in)
River: (15,805) 8 (4 players, 3 are all-in)

Results: 15,805 pot
Final Board: 8 5 4 K 8
UTG+1 showed 6 J and lost (-956 net)
UTG+2 showed T A and won 2,488 (-2,593 net)
Hero showed A A and lost (-5,081 net)
MP3 showed K K and won 13,317 (9,480 net)

This stuff happens....especially in multi-way pots. Not much you can do. Don't let it get you down. I'm just happy to see the flush draw didn't win

He won the side pot.
no i am really not down. when i called i knew that it would be a coin flip for me and that is was. this time i lost a coin flip.
but I couldn't let go from this hand. an a 4:1 stack by 50% winning i think the odds were good and so i am happy that i made the right call (if it was ) even with the bad result

Shove instead of calling the 1200. In this case I'm not sure it doesnt end the same way anyway tho.

WhereDidMyEVGo said:

Shove instead of calling the 1200. In this case I'm not sure it doesnt end the same way anyway tho.

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I second this statement with your stack size just 4betjam instead of flatting that 3bet.

It was correct to call, to comit as many as possible to the pot. Say thx to UTG1 for heating it up for you. You can allways go all-in ! You have Aces!

WhereDidMyEVGo said:

Shove instead of calling the 1200. In this case I'm not sure it doesnt end the same way anyway tho.

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This. Just get it in there with that stack and some action in front of you. No need to be fancy in that position.

I also prefer to shove instead of calling 3bet in this situation.

Min Bet, Min 3-Bet, Call? With ACES?

You didn't mention stack sizes, but my count you had ~5K to start the hand at the 400/200 level still far from the money. Hero just can't call after the bet, 3-bet. for 25% of his stack. With Aces and just 12 BBs behind the answer is SHOVE. SHOVE to folds, SHOVE to the first min raise and for Cripes sales SHOVE to the min 3-bet. This is a free-roll and they expect you to shove.

Shoving right away would normally have been the best choice. AA with four all-in players is playing with fire. That said, if you get lucky (and winning with AA against three other players is getting lucky) you can increase your bankroll the most as played.

However, KK was never folding. ATs probably the same. J6s was super short & this was probably the best hand he'd seen in a while. In the end, it probably didn't matter how you played the hand.