Fold AA pre-flop on bubble?

[siberianspecial]

It depends on the value of the tournament, if it's a big prize, I'll definitely fold, but if it's a smaller tournament, then I play normally.

 

[donpiatnik]

Do you consider an AA fold pre-flop in an FT bubble being chip leader?

never!! If you don't want to win the tournament, you don't have to play

 

[Panda19977]

Never

 

[No Bologna]

I've folded several premium hands on the bubble. AK for sure and any and all pocket pairs except AA.

 

[rock0001]

no, unless its a satellite and you have enough chips to win, folding aces preflop is almost always a bad move ( unless at least 4 other players shove preflop before you)

 

[nbarizon]

Never!!!

 

[85champ07]

Umm no, not as a chip leader. But one time it did bite me in the ass. I had like 65000 chips, my opponent with like 63000. We are on the bubble I have AA and they had QQ. They go all in, I call, I lose, and now I am ready looking at my life decisions hahaha. This is not going to happen very often but when it does watch your stack size. Someday I may be in that position again and if I ever fold AA on the bubble I will let you know.

 

[CheckDisOut]

Many possible scenarios for this, one example: you are chip leader by small amount and on your turn you need to decide whether call three all ins.

 

[ninjareal]

hi all , like someone mentioned above, the only time you can consider folding in that position is if there are stacks that can hurt you, say who have maybe 70% or so of your chip count, otherwise if they have 60% or less it's an easy call or re-jam all day imo, even if I lose the hand, have close to half the chips I had as chip leader , plus more importantly my image will be strengthened one way or another, it may unbalance the other players in future when I make big raises to imagine that perhaps I'm steaming etc... so all good for image building too

 

[caracaski220]

Do you consider an AA fold pre-flop in an FT bubble being chip leader?

No way! im in a tournament to win it. If I have positive EV I am going for it. Build up my chip lead and win it all.

 

[pasha poltava]

of course not, show me a person who can do it

 

[davidkimtai89]

i All in and win a lucky pot ,

 

[zipocool]

folding AA only makes sense if it's a satellite bubble and we have a passing stack, otherwise we always play this hand

 

[wvielmo]

AA is the best hand pre-flop, you will always play aggressively, making the other players fold and reduce the chances of worse hands beating yours.

 

[Alex70793]

Never in my life !
What cards should I play with then, if I throw out pocket aces on the preflop?))

 

[Risto234]

folding AA only makes sense if it's a satellite bubble and we have a passing stack, otherwise we always play this hand

Folding AA never makes sense. It only makes sense if you leave poker for good.

 

[ratbat615]

Do you consider an AA fold pre-flop in an FT bubble being chip leader?

Never 👎 I play for all the chips.

 

[Majaloja]

I don't see it right, and if I were short I would go all in. The most likely is that I win the blinds or a single opponent would make me call.

 

[psycodelic1]

Do you consider an AA fold pre-flop in an FT bubble being chip leader?

Smetimes AK or JJ being short like 19bb 2 or 4 players to itm but AA never my friend . Any player likes to play AA but you hav to admit may the 20 or 15 % gonna catch sometimes his cards but AA being chipleader never folding.

 

[pauloandre100]

Never fold AA on the tournament bubble. Only exception is if it is satellite.

 

[nasty bent gorilla]

In the long run you should not be afraid of making correct decisions on the bubble. Unless you have specific reason, don't be afraid of dying in poker.

 

[reraee1]

You can throw it off!
if you're very unlucky
or it's just not your day

 

[To6Po6]

This is not an option.You have the best hand in the game!

 

[WickedFRoST]

Do you consider an AA fold pre-flop in an FT bubble being chip leader?

Only if it is a bubble of a sattelite. Basically if you are chipleading on the bubble of a satellite, this literally means you have 99.9% of winning a ticket. While entering a pot with AA gives you a maximum of 92% chance of wining the hand, and usually its less than that. Hence there is an absolutely logical reason to fold your AA preflop in this situation.

But other than that, I cannot really imagine a situation where folding AA would be good preflop.

 

[Axmanace]

The only time I’d ever consider folding AA ever is if there are 3+ other people in the pot.

And even then…. I don’t want to fold.