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Aces first hand, UTG, MTT.
What will you do?

Just a random question that came to my mind.
Chipsteal_:jd4: :jd4:
 
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Raise 3BBs.

Pushing all in screams AA, KK, or AK, but in freerolls you might still get 1, 2 ,3 or more callers.
 
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You shouldn't be looking to risk your tournament life to scoop up someones starting stack.
You want to just play it as normal. Raise and then evaluate every street.
 
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You shouldn't be looking to risk your tournament life to scoop up someones starting stack.
You want to just play it as normal. Raise and then evaluate every street.

You more or less said what I was thinking
 
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i would raise and if reraised i would go all in if just called then after the flop as long as there isnt too much danger shove
 
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If it's a freeroll: just jam.

If it's a standard MTT: raise it 8-10x BB. Nobody folds the first hands in MTTs with blinds so low. You're bound to get multiple callers and if you're lucky, someone might 3bet you.

Value, baby!
 
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make a five bet and try to get the highest number of calls in case of re going to raise everything but never another player chances to get free hand
 
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It depends of kind of game.If it is a freeroll than you could go all in and play coin game.If it is a buy in MTT than 5-8 bet raise will be better I think))))))))
 
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Played out as usual in the early stages. There is no difference in the distribution of the first or the tenth came the normal hand.
 
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It depends on what you know about the players on the table. If it is mostly aggressive players; you limp, if passive players, you raise.
 
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NORMAL MTT: raise 4BB
freeroll:juz shoved lol
 
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Aces first hand, UTG, MTT.
What will you do?

Just a random question that came to my mind.
Chipsteal_:jd4: :jd4:

If in any Tournament I got Jd Jd - I would stop play immediately.

I would direct call the floor manager...to get refund and payment for my buyins.
 
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Depends from the recent history with AA!! From the results in the late games and the results from the last AA hand!
 
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In micro tournies or freerolls just go all-in.. :D
 
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Raise 3BBs.

Pushing all in screams AA, KK, or AK, but in freerolls you might still get 1, 2 ,3 or more callers.

... but if you do push, your AA has about a 50% chance of beating some obscure hand that should never have entered the pot, but did anyway.

5d5s --- 13.46%
3h4h --- 15.40%
TcJc ---- 22.07%
AsAd --- 49.08%

If you factor in :jd4: :jd4: then your odds go down even further. :)
 
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Just happened to me on the first hand of a freeroll. QQ raised 3BB. 86s pushed. I called with JJ. Some other rainbow hand called. Four all-in players first hand. I hit a set and won. The quality of your cards is almost irrelevant with 3 to 4 all-in players pre-flop.
 
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Just happened to me on the first hand of a freeroll. QQ raised 3BB. 86s pushed. I called with JJ. Some other rainbow hand called. Four all-in players first hand. I hit a set and won. The quality of your cards is almost irrelevant with 3 to 4 all-in players pre-flop.

I don't think playing JJ all in was a good move with a raise and shove before you. Quality of cards matter but for eg AA vs AK and AA vs 76s, 76s has a more chance of winning than AK.

And :jd4: :jd4: is just part of my name not the actual hand. I see so many answers on various threads where no one reads the whole thing and sees a few words and just assumes. :3
 
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