Slow Playing AA, When Not to in tourney

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Ok here is my advice Never slow play aces in start of tourneys becuase theres to many bad players and you are trying to extract value so i always go all in or 5bet simple
but later on in tourney you might want to start thinking about a diffrent stragety when people start understanding your range of hands and betting stlye
when at a full table i always will shove or 5bet
but when say it is down to 4 people you might want to start trapping
but slow playing them always leaves room for people to hit 2 pair or flush or striaght or trips or whatever it is that leaves you broke and homeless
we have all slow played aces bad

I honestly love getting AA in BB position it will make you the most profit hands down
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS TOPIC
 
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I like to reflect on AA because for me this topic is more painful. To go with them at all in actually dangerous. The card itself is good but as you wrote, the deck can give anything. At the beginning of the tournament you can certainly reply or go with them all in but it depends on the tournament. If this is some sort of Freeroll with 1000 participants and a prize pool of $ 100 then Yes but if a tournament with a buy in tournament 50-200 dollars and a prize Fund of 20-30 thousand it is unlikely that someone will go all-in in the initial stage even with AA.
 
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I think more dangerous is slow playing with AA, 3b raise preflop and all in! Always someone having nothing on BB can get something that can beat you at turn. My opinion that slow plays killing that hand
 
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WSUP Hype, welcome to CC!!

No hand, be it AA or 2-7 off, should be played based solely on what it is. You gotta see what the circumstances are each time.

For example, if I know I will get more than two callers if I shove my aces, then I do not shove them. Same thing as when I know if I shove them I'll just get folds. I want to avoid 3-5 way melees where I could easily lose, yet I do want callers with a premium hand.

Plus, you do not want to advertise every time you do and don't have a strong hand. If you always shove big pairs, then they know when you do not have a big pair, don't they?

Betting tells are incredible sometimes. There are players you can put on a range of hands just by the amount they bet. Bigger bets equal bigger hands. Thats what you want to avoid.
 
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I dont think you should slowplay AA. My first rule when I look down on that hand is to eliminate most of the players, lets say I go 2 or 3-way to the flop. That gives me a much bigger chance to win, without taking to much risk
 
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Never slowplay AA, unless u know your opponent, if he tends to bluff a lot, u can chase him with a reraise.
 
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if your down to final table some times slow plaYING AAs with help u win more
 
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The only time I will not raise AA is if I know that someone aggressive will make a move behind me.
 
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always even if a min-raise, never limp, the ideal 3 4bet bet, in PS mainly seemed they love bad beat against AA.
 
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There is no rule , you have to know your opponent and the range of hands he is , so as to devise a strategy that you can extract the maximum amount of it
 
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if your down to final table some times slow plaYING AAs with help u win more

especialy when you opponent get set/flush/str8 at the river with 7h.Qh! yeah, you can realy win, but only next time)

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I never slow play AA in a tourney
 
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I never slow play, the only time I will not raise AA is if I know that someone aggressive will make a move behind me
 
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well not never, but yes don't as a general rule
 
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I know the majority all say to allin AA. But personally, right or wrong, I love to slow them. I have won more times slow playing them than I ever have allin.

But that's just me.

good luck to all on and off the felt!
 
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WSUP Hype, welcome to CC!!

No hand, be it AA or 2-7 off, should be played based solely on what it is. You gotta see what the circumstances are each time.

For example, if I know I will get more than two callers if I shove my aces, then I do not shove them. Same thing as when I know if I shove them I'll just get folds. I want to avoid 3-5 way melees where I could easily lose, yet I do want callers with a premium hand.

Plus, you do not want to advertise every time you do and don't have a strong hand. If you always shove big pairs, then they know when you do not have a big pair, don't they?

Betting tells are incredible sometimes. There are players you can put on a range of hands just by the amount they bet. Bigger bets equal bigger hands. Thats what you want to avoid.

Good answer here! Circumstances are the key!

If I 3-bet AA early/middle stages in a tournament and get 3 to 4 callers with a monster flop for me(full house or quads). Wouldn't I slow down to let the other players catch up to extract as many chips as possible?
 
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I know the majority all say to allin AA. But personally, right or wrong, I love to slow them. I have won more times slow playing them than I ever have allin.

But that's just me.

good luck to all on and off the felt!


aree with you that pre-flop all-in isnt a good idea with this hand! but i think with this hand all-in after flop (or half a bank) is more better for eliminated dif ppl with dro, than be rivered.
 
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AA wins

So, Funny story. I was playing a freeroll today, and got AA twice in the first 5 hands. I was ultra-aggressive and pushed both times. First time I picked off someone who went all-in on the first hand. I won, but didn't improve in relative terms. On the second I lost to J10s.
 
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Playing AA would depend on my image at the table and how my opponents have been playing. So, it all depends. It's never wrong to slow play and its never wrong to play aggressive with AA. Both plays have the potential to win you a ton of chips and both plays are going to lose from time-to-time.
 
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You should only slowplay when you are with the hand wins the flop, like hitting a block or a high flash, with even the risk that your opponents improve their hands on the turn and the river is great. You can not give chances to chance. It's always bet small amounts.
 
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Tend to agree with you, although I think if the tournament a large number of players such as freeroll if the game more than 30% players play all in whatever position
 
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Greetings to everyone here. In fact, I fully endorse the author of the dialogue. I likewise behave in the beginning of the tournament, the main thing that a lot of players have not gone with you to play all the chips, and the position was far
 
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Bad advice. Bad players make 2 pairs and beats you.
 
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I would say play them how you can most extract money from those at your table. Unless you get AA in the first 10 hands you should have a pretty good idea of how your table is playing and reacting to things.
 
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