all in or fold

i hold AA in under the gun position, i got two players all in late position should i call or fold .

many time i have called this type of bet but i lost with flopping straight or flush on the board.


what exactly should i do?

Never fold aces preflop. If all othet players are all in in front of you reraise or call if you dont have enough chips.

The only time you should fold AA pre-flop is in a satellite or double-or-nothing when you're right on the bubble, have enough chips to make it to the money, and calling an all-in on this hand and losing would severely cripple you or knock you out. In these types of tournaments you don't care about finishing first because it doesn't pay anything more, so there's no point in putting your stack on the line when you can let the smaller stacks knock each other out and make the bubble by doing nothing.

In regular tournaments and cash games, folding AA pre-flop is a mistake 100% of the time. AA does not win 100% of the time, we would like it to, but mathematically it will win much more than it loses over the long run.

No way I'm folding, If I lose I lose,, but I've got the lead going to the flop.

Gotta think that you have the best hand and it will win.

Yes there is noway other than the two already discussed that I can fold AA preflop...

dont fold!

pokersharkk said:

i hold AA in under the gun position, i got two players all in late position should i call or fold .

many time i have called this type of bet but i lost with flopping straight or flush on the board.


what exactly should i do?

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What was your first action, you must have bet something for you to be still in the hand when the late position ppl went all in.

You cant fold aces pre flop its the best possible hand you can have, if your opponent lucks out you gotta take it on the chin and move on, it happens

I am insta calling every time in that situation. It sucks to be going against two players, but I'm still never folding AA.

Insta call for sure!

Propane Goat said:

The only time you should fold AA pre-flop is in a satellite or double-or-nothing when you're right on the bubble, have enough chips to make it to the money, and calling an all-in on this hand and losing would severely cripple you or knock you out. In these types of tournaments you don't care about finishing first because it doesn't pay anything more, so there's no point in putting your stack on the line when you can let the smaller stacks knock each other out and make the bubble by doing nothing.

In regular tournaments and cash games, folding AA pre-flop is a mistake 100% of the time. AA does not win 100% of the time, we would like it to, but mathematically it will win much more than it loses over the long run.

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This +1

Never fold aces, folding = -EV = money lost. And of course you don't want to lose money. The only time you MIGHT want to fold is when 3+ people have went all in before you, giving high chances of them having pocket pairs which gives you less chances of winning. Against 1-2 opponents, you almost always win.

@ Cash Games: raise.. 3BB

yea, I also never fold AA pre-flop.
best,
donvic

The only time you MIGHT want to fold is when 3+ people have went all in before you, giving high chances of them having pocket pairs which gives you less chances of winning. Against 1-2 opponents, you almost always win.

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I agree with Paragon.
I folded AA with three all in and if I stayed in I would have got beaten with a set of 2’s and would have been out of the tourment.

Paragon said:

Never fold aces, folding = -EV = money lost. And of course you don't want to lose money. The only time you MIGHT want to fold is when 3+ people have went all in before you, giving high chances of them having pocket pairs which gives you less chances of winning. Against 1-2 opponents, you almost always win.

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epsutton said:

I agree with Paragon.
I folded AA with three all in and if I stayed in I would have got beaten with a set of 2’s and would have been out of the tourment.

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OP is banned but wth...

Outside of the aforementioned satty/DON bubble situations, or maybe the final table of the wsop ME where the next pay jump is $1M+, you should never be folding AA pre-flop no matter how many are in front of you. Yes your equity decreases multi-way but regardless it's always better pre-flop than everyone else. It's silly to say I'll get it in with 80+% equity but not with 60+%. You're still a favorite, and poker is a long term game. Stop being results-oriented.

My apologies if I am breaking etiquette rules as I have not even posted my introduction thread but I am a little ADD and had to post my thoughts on this .

I'd say the situation you are describing is EXACTLY what you should be hoping happens, hurry get all your chips in the pot! Obviously the fringe exceptions previously noted are good and valid points and those situations would need to e considered seperatly. Even 10 handed you should win something like 32% win and .05% to tie. So if you win, call it 1 out of 3. So your about 2:1 against but getting paid with 9:1 pot. Again there are a few fringe situatons where this doesn't hold up not many. If its a cash game and you are troubled with those odds you are probably playing too high for you bank roll. If it a tourney then you push em in unless some weird circumstance is in play.

You WILL lose twice as many as you win ten handed but you getting paid for it in almost all situations.

HAHA exactly as I was writing this a tourney started with nearly identical scenario, First hand 50/100 10k chips to start I was in middle position and dealt pocket aces. 2 players called the BB, 1 raise to 300 so I called. The flop came: 7c, 9d, Ac. A little scarey but... player 1 bet 300, a call and a raise to 9700. I could not get my chips in fast enough. One fold and a call. The pot is little over 30750. The turn comes Ks... the river 9c! I almost puked untill I realized the 9 paired the board and made my house Start the tourney with 3 times the chips of everyone else... Wish me luck :marchmell

Never mind on what positon u are , i think AA have a 85+ % to win the hand , so if u play on freerolls its like a bingo and if u have AA , u should call ( i allways calls when i'm overraised) Gl

I think the popular consensus here is never fold pocket aces pre flop!