WSOP tournaments have a lot of money to win or lose, not even to mention the cost of buying-in. I would consider this. However, if I am in the big blind of the first hand, and if I am holding AA with only two players shoving all-in before me, then I would take a moment to consider what I would do. But, I think my gut would say, “All-in” regardless…
Like most players, I would measure the risks. To some, AA can be lucky or unlucky. When AA is lucky - it can be very lucky in terms of the chips you can win; and, when AA is unlucky - it can be very unlucky in terms of the chips you can lose. However, thought, analysis and experience - not luck - is called for when playing AA because it is neither an automatic win nor an automatic loss. So, while AA can win you a fortune and take out an opponent or two, it can also take you right out of a WSOP tournament.
Again, like most players, I have had my aces cracked. These were really expensive experiences that I do not want to repeat. When my aces did not get cracked, it got very expensive for someone else. Either way, win or lose, good or bad luck, AA usually costs someone something big. Knowing this, I am very careful when playing AA, and I take note of when there is going to be a crowd at the showdown. My experience with AA is that it is more likely to be cracked when more, and not less, opponents go to the river. It would be difficult not to go to the river with only two opponents going against me.
With only two players going to the river, I put the win percentage of AA higher than normal (83) at almost 86 and conversely I put the loss percentage lower than normal (17) at 14. Just to go through the statistics, AA will win 8,600 times out of every 10,000 hands played and conversely AA will lose 1,400 out of every 10,000 hands played. These stats favor an AA win with only two going to the river with me. I would find it difficult to fold.
It must be understood that winning or losing with AA can happen all day long. Win and loss percentages cannot actually predict "when" these cards will win or lose, only that they will win or lose a certain number of times per every 10,000 hands played. So, strange as it is to say, because the "when" of it cannot be predicted, then neither a win nor a loss can be guaranteed, just something to remember when playing these cards. Nonetheless, all things considered, from the big blind with only two players going to the river, and with a chance to triple my chips, I simply cannot see my way to folding. I have to go for it, win or lose, tournament or not...