Pre-flop all-ins? Is it good or not ;)

[wwwb66]

All-in pre-flop, does that make sense? If you have good hands, you shouldn't scare your rivals. Then they fold a lot and you don't win anything. What - in your opinion - is the point of such playing?

 

[fernandofcp]

If I have AA, I prefer to go all-in preflop, as it's better to scare the curious with low cards than to have a nasty surprise on the river and lose to a weak hand. Disappointing!

 

[skaniol]

If you are low on chips, you can't play properly post-flop. The best move is a pre-flop all-in with your strong hands.

All-in with a big stack pre-flop could be a good move too. You can do that when you don't have a great hand, but you expect everyone to fold (blinds+antes stealing). This is a rather bad move when there are other big stacks left to act, though. If you have a great pre-flop hand, the big stack all-in could be a valid move when there are hero bluff-catchers around.

In the beginning of tournaments, when the blinds are very small, the pre-flop all-in tends to be a big waste, unless there are many chips in the pot due to high betting activity.

 

[viacheslavtezikov]

This idea can be useful in a tournament. For example, when the first time you bet pre-flop all-in with aces, and then aces come again, you bet pre-flop all-in again, then the second time your opponents can answer the allin.

 

[GARCIA PABLO DANIEL]

hello

It depends a lot on the moment of the game, your stak of chips and others, as I tell you, it goes in the circumstances of the game

 

[henriquemaduro]

All-in pre-flop, does that make sense? If you have good hands, you shouldn't scare your rivals. Then they fold a lot and you don't win anything. What - in your opinion - is the point of such playing?

I agree a lot, but if I'm short stack, like 15 less BB's, I think its ok to shove pre-flop with some hands.

 

[angelamsmith05]

If I have AA, I prefer to go all-in preflop, as it's better to scare the curious with low cards than to have a nasty surprise on the river and lose to a weak hand. Disappointing!

Agree

 

[Canwai]

These questions are always complicated to get a single answer.
The action depends on a series of factors

 

[suitedsadness]

Short Stack, yes I often would go all in with AA, but obviously not just with aces. With deep stacks, no I don't go all in with AA much as it is pretty transparent that you probably have a very good hand.

 

[molokheia]

hi there

with AA or KK i think the only play is all in always

rgds

 

[roger perkins]

hi there

with AA or KK i think the only play is all in always

rgds

I totally disagree with you. Your goal in poker is not to win as many hands as you can it is to win as many chips as you can.

 

[1nsomn1a]

Any move should have +equity, going all in on the preflop means either a desire to double, or a desire to win the blinds, good or bad depends only on the goal you are pursuing and whether you managed to realize it.