Protecting AA utg in a freeroll, is there such a thing

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Okay seriously?? At any point in a free roll,, be it mid,, to late,, to early.

Is there anyway you don't shove All In. with AA??

Is there any bet other than that, to protect this hand early? does one just shove?

because I am sick of a healthy 5x 10x 15x blinds being called and villain hitting a set with his face card, and rag hand .. or worse the 4 card flush to a 7 high from a 6-7 call because I didn't go all in!!!!! I only put you 80% in and you call??

Early on in a free roll I get that you get called a lot and folding utg maybe isn't unheard of, but if I'm first or second to shove I'm gonna. I get that All in pre flop is always a risk..

its the later on, after you have played a couple of hours and and my 20k stack bid healthy and a 2k stack calls 70-80% of their stack to see a flop with their 6-7 s ????

one word..

ARGGGG
 
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Oh good ole pocket AA in a freeroll, sometimes they are really just the poker gods way of saying hey we hate you. Don't forget though for freerolls, you don't lose anything for getting knocked out so some people like to call big raises because it might pay of big to call a bluff but if I'm wrong it really doesn't matter. Also sometimes people are just done playing late in these and try to give away their chips or quadruple up and try to sit out into the money. In cash games though you're way more likely to win with AA than in freerolls though trust me. But as for advice the only thing I can say is keep up the big raises so you can try to knock off the weak hands but other than that just stick with the freerolls AA struggles and make sure when you do win you win big
 
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Keep making huge raises early seat with AA . You will win plenty of chips in the long run . Bet big and enjoy the ride !
 
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man its just considered bad luck if u go all in pre with aces from any position and u get cracked. after the flop another debate
 
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theblizzardofoz.

good this question
AA all in, or follow turner river?
 
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Protect AA from what? From villain getting in with worse?

Oh, the horror of a 2k stack beating your 20k stack when you have AA.
 
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I think that in the freerolls impossible to defend AA, especially at the beginning of the tournament. The maximum that can be done is to go to the all-in, and this will be the most correct and harmless decision.
Playing in a freeroll, sometimes it seems, that you are playing into a closed poker world, which is completely different from cash games or ordinary tournaments. From the different positions of the table constantly fly all-in, and few people can explain why he moves his chips in the middle of the table.
 
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AA in a freerolls I would be looking to get all my chips into the middle pre flop and do what I thought was the best way of achieving that. If that meant limping UTG because at an aggressive table someone is sure to raise and then I could re raise all in, that's what I would do. If I thought someone is for sure calling my all in shove straight off the bat then that's what I would do.
 
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AA on UTG?? You will more loose than win when holding that monster... Play agressively or fold it anyway...
 
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Such hands as AA should be played very aggressively before the flop, it's mandatory to put a half-bank on the flop, and further on the circumstances.
 
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when playing normal tournaments you can just raise big but when playing freerolls its best to go all-in and hope you dont get screwed by someone who loves to gamble with their weak hand
 
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I play many freerolls every day ... and although they are free tournaments I always analyze the way the villains play at my table ... so when I have AA in UTG and the villains are very aggressive all in .... and if they are passive 3-betting game and I hope to see what happens ...!
 
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Even if you go all-in on first hand freeroll, there's always somebody would call you with worse and it could be 4 or 5 way all-in and your odds to win would decrease. Cause that's freeroll people have nothing to lose.
 
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You should always shove AA, the question is when. The main goal is as I think to don't let too much players see the flop and safely maximize your pot of course.
Based on the last several hands you should predict how much you should raise (or just call) to get called by one or two players. When players on the table play carefully you can make a 2-3BB raise postflop (or more if you have more than 15BB) or if player bluffs and steals blinds you can slowplay to let him make a big raise, which is pretty common on the freerolls and not only.
So summary: don't let more than 3 players see the flop, exploit aggressive players and maximize the pot. In the freerolls you can play more risky, more slowplay, but always you should adjust your behavior to the current situation - tournament stage, your stack and your opponents style.
 
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I like to limp AA from UTG often from UTG1,UTG2
 
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Always going to struggle with this situation. It may seem like you are losing with this hand more than you are but in the long run it all works out to a positive play to get someone with a bad hand to call you. Honestly you should hope they do. Sometimes they are going to hit, most time they won't.
 
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AA is all in all the way, babeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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You raise as much of the pot as you can while still getting calls. If 8 people call your allin first hand in with AA then shove immediately. You may lose sometimes, but you are a favorite to win 8x your stack! Go for it!
 
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different players play with AA, but I noticed that recently many good players, but only at later stages of the tournament and from an early position very often they go all-in !!! I'm talking about mtt 0.55-4.4 $
 
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and learned that this pair has been defeated in different ways so that no matter my position I prefer to go all in with everything to push and that the fish wins me with an absurd hand
 
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Aces come up very rarely on this opportunity should be used to the maximum, and the loss of aces is also a very rare case
!!!;)
 
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from UTG in a freeroll with a lot of lag maniacs, the best thing you can do in my opinion is to limp first to then shove after an imminent raise preflop from some player after your turn.
personally position is an overvalued factor in a tournament.
 
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in freeroll it goes from all in because it is your opportunity to double your chips ... in a paid tournament play strategically because you paid for it and do not want to leave before the prizes
 
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depending on the freeroll the AA or other hands of group 1 or group 2 we can play with push and fold that we take semrpe cal ruin of many amateur players without fear of going all their chips
 
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I had pocket aces in my first hand in the CardsChat freeroll last night, made a 3 bet raise UTG and got one caller, who folded on the next raise. Next hand, someone else had pocket aces, all in on the flop with one caller. Is it my bad luck that my opponents all folded to me, or his luck that he got a caller?
 
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