A/K, 2/2, 7/7, which hand would you go all in with.

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I would definitely go allin with A/K because any card that comes in will be higher than the pairs.
 
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Depends on stack sizes, whether it's a cash or tournament, where we are in those games, and how we got there.
 
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In a full ring: none. In heads-up: all. I would always go all-in only with AA.
 
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All in from how many blinds? If it's more than 25, only KK and AA

This question depends a lot... it depends on the value of the tournament, on how many players are left to start awarding, on who has already bet before...
 
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None ....deep stacked

All...short stacked

The problem with shoving as a strategy is that it's effective only when employed sparingly, or when ultra desperate. The odd occasion people will respect your move as holding a great hand. You take the limped pot or blinds when short stacked.

Do it repeatedly in any session, and the game is up. Everyone with a middle to a premium hand is going to look you up the moment they see you go all in with pocket 4's. Doesn't matter if you've won that particular hand (you've lost the respect of the table and your image is now that of a bingo player) .
You may beat one player but you won't be beating the game.

Because when you do get a premium hand, or you do try to get involved in a hand with a good but not great hand, opponents are going to come over the top, nobody will respect any of your raises... "great, that's what I want when I have AA" ...well good luck, because you're now going to need it with multiple hands, and low pocket pair looking you up to play bingo.

If Poker Bingo was the way to win a tourney...someone would have written a one page book on it !
 
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I believe that I would shove all of these hands preflop and rep AA or KK.
 
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if you constantly go for broke, then soon even 23 will be able to move your AA
 
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Of 77, I would go all in from certain positions, with AK from any position, because I believe that this is a fairly strong hand
 
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Of 77, I would go all in from certain positions, with AK from any position, because I believe that this is a fairly strong hand

This is the second best post I've read today...
 
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I never go all-in with these cards, I don't even go all-in with two aces, I only go all-in when I have quads or a flush straight or I know the sapper has a weak card. I even drop two kings
 
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72 is all in too depending on the situation.
 
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Preflop AK all day.... Shortstacked then 77 all week 😉
 
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That depends on several factors, my position at the table, the players who enter the hand and how they do it. But most likely with all of those I'll go all in as long as I see the weak players or come in just to see the flop.
 
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I would definitely go allin with A/K because any card that comes in will be higher than the pairs.
It depends on various situations... but it would open them all. (again, depending on the situation). But most of the time, I choose AK.
 
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From these options, AK for sure. 77 in certain situations can be an all in hand. 22 almost never an all in hand for me.
 
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Many times with 10 BB's or less I have been dealt 22, but just can't justify risking my tourney life with them. The other choices (AK, 77) would be easy shoves in the same situation.
 
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with AK I would go to All-in but in rare cases 77 is also a strong hand from late All-in positions or when you have 10 bb
 
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9 handed AK short handed 77 short stack 22 :)
 
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AK. It at least rarely falls under domination
 
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Taking those cards into account, I would always choose to go all-in with A-K.
 
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AK 99% of the time pairs already depends on stacks and positions.
 
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AK. It at least rarely falls under domination
Untrue.. AK wins stastically 1/3 times.
But I would also risk it with AK ..and 7s
 
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couple - there is a couple !! but would rather go with AK
 
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Sometimes I got all in with pocket deuces as a bigstack holder as a laugh, especially if I want to take out a short stack holder and it does work. AK and 7s I would go all in if I'm low on chips or been bleeding for a while, AK can easily lose to a low card field to something as small as again, a pair of deuces. Just gotta know when to make the call.
 
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