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wulfeman007
Enthusiast
Silver Level
yes play it hard n fast and go for a chip stack
any 2 can win .. i prefer 28off :laugh:
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Panda1010
Rock Star
Silver Level
Nothing gets me so annoyed then busting on the first hand. Just the anticipation of the actual tournament starting is enough to make me fold good quality hands. Specially in free rolls...there is always that one player that constantly goes all in every hand. Usually ends up donking the better player. So for that reason and from experience of losing on the first hand. I end up folding first hands no matter the hold cards....unless no one goes all in.
GeckoAA
Legend
Bronze Level
Yes I have done this more than a few times also with AA or KK. I guess the good thing about it is that you did not invest any time and can just move on 
, but it does always feel a bit disappointing. I had won a $100 wsop ticket just recently and in that tournament I got AA on my 2nd hand and got cracked. That was very disappointing because the most I buy in for right now is $2.50. What could I do, other than just move on to another game
, but it does always feel a bit disappointing. I had won a $100 wsop ticket just recently and in that tournament I got AA on my 2nd hand and got cracked. That was very disappointing because the most I buy in for right now is $2.50. What could I do, other than just move on to another game 
Joe
99.98% Kiln dried
Bronze Level
As you can now see from the previous replies that, yes, this will happen often enough and most people prefer to bust first hand with AA than to grind for three hours plus and then to bubble anyway. I'm one of them..
Personally, I've busted first hand online many a time, including AA into king rag offsuit and watched in disbelief as the villain flops quad kings, haha.. :laugh:
Don't remember busting first hand live thankfully!
All three, couldn't agree more!
acidburnfx
Senior apprentice
Loyaler
Switch to play money and try to play with those cards several times with all-in, you will be surprised by the "coincidences" of the game.
VovanBaron
RiddlesInTheShadow
Silver Level
It happens in poker and i got busted many times with my first tourney hand but no need for frustrating cause there are much another event to play and more you play the bigger chance to make a good deep run.gl mate
Propane Goat
Grinder and paint make me the welder I ain't
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amatola
Legend
Platinum Level
An hour ago playing PLO8 on netbet. Flop trips, improve to FH and on the river I get a (not needed) nut high flush. I've bet on all three streets and am all in. Vill gets a str. flush on the river... laughed and reentered.
S
scubed
Visionary
Silver Level
OH YES, I have! Same hand AA. AA all-in pre-flop. It is what it is.
MattRyder
🍏 Tech That Works!
Platinum Level
I bust on my first hand lots. It usually happens when I have a premium made hand pre-flop (e.g., AA, KK) that gets bad-lucked, or a really good hand that gets rivered. It almost always happens in a freeroll.
Phoenix Wright
Legend
Loyaler
Yes. Literally the first hand. Same feeling busting within the first orbit or two for me though. When I bust on the first hand (which isn't even that common for me because I don't like committing all of my stack so early), then I typically just throw my hands up in the air and go, "well that was short!" and then I come back the next day
Exactly my thoughts. With so many players starting freerolls with maniac shoves, it is sometimes profitable to shove wider than just AA or KK though. If I can call off the shove in late position (less change of going into a multiway pot), then I'm usually happy because I might have a hand that is way ahead of theirs. Some players just shove and don't mind busting because they can just go to another freeroll.
I treat freerolls like I would "regular games" because I'm trying to improve my poker game and we play how we practice.
If they are not All-in sliders in a freeroll, then what hands might reasonably shove the first hand? When everyone is deep stacked, then expect the shove to be KK or perhaps even more likely AA.
Sometimes players will shove AK or 99+, but there are those shoving far wider like any pocket pair, any Ace, or even hands like JTo. Some might even shove any two cards!
Shoving every hand just to double up (or triple etc.) is a strategy because there is nothing they lose if they bust; they just start another game elsewhere and supposedly "saved" time they could have "wasted" in this event. It isn't the worst strategy - at least it isn't passive
It just isn't the best strategy.Aww; I've heard similar stories too. Shame, but it can happen.
Wait, was this on an ACR freeroll (through CardsChat) a little over a month ago? If it was, then I think I was at your table to witness that! I was shaking my head, like "dang - nothing wrong there, just unlucky."
Pretty sure that has happened to me before as well. For sure me losing with KK vs AA, but not as certain if on the first hand. I know it has happened within the first orbit for sure though; just don't remember if it was the exact first hand or perhaps the second or third.
I hear ya; of course you would have a premium hand preflop though. You probably wouldn't give a second thought about folding if you were dealt 7-2o in the first hand
Sometimes these trash hands are blessings in disguise because it makes the fold easy. Hands like JJ or AQ (maybe even worse hands like A5 or KT) are playable, but just enough to get you involved when you might be dominated. I see these as just strong enough to get me into trouble - problem is that sometimes they are worth playing. I just play them with awareness, but hands like KT are easy folds if the action gets too heavy.
Luvepoker
Lost in the twilight zone
Community Guide
I happened to me once and it was in a live game. Aces vs jacks. I flopped the jack and 3 bet him in the flop and turn setting up a nice pot size bet for the river. He hit the ace and I was out.