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Last night i played a live $220 tourney. I got aces cracked (3 rd tournament in a row)..
Set up: Last hand of the 1st round. I have just won the last 4 or 6 hands. Built my chip stack up from the starting 800 to about 2K give or take. Blinds are currengly 5/15. I am sitting on the button with AA. Everyone folds to me I raise to 60 (4x bb). BB who has 400 or so more than me puts me all in. I call. He shows JJ to my AA. However out comes the J. I'm out in the first 30 minutes. I replayed this in my head and thought i would have done the same thing with KK and AKs. My thoughts in calling were: a.) I have AA can't start any better. b.) I can serverly cripple a player. c.) I will be sitting in good chip position early. Would anyone have folded AA? Aren't you an 9-1 favorite or better? I can't remember the exact odds. I get 1 tourney a month and always get knocked out showing the best hand either after flop (AA with rags or AK pairing K no A on the bd).. I am hoping that eventually these plays start showing +EV. I have only played 4 live tourneys so maybe not enough for +EV yet? |
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bad beat post said what?
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here comes the fold AA police.
no, you're not a 9-1 favorite, you're 4-1 i believe. my chips beat his in the pot if he overplays jacks that fast. tough break. |
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Would anyone have folded AA? Aren't you an 9-1 favorite or better? I can't remember the exact odds. I get 1 tourney a month and always get knocked out showing the best hand either after flop (AA with rags or AK pairing K no A on the bd).. I am hoping that eventually these plays start showing +EV. I have only played 4 live tourneys so maybe not enough for +EV yet? [/ QUOTE ] Oh great, a "should I have folded AA preflop?" and bad beat whine all in one post.... And no, you aren't a 9-1 favorite. |
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You never want to get too much money in preflop with AA. My guide to tournament play explains how to play AA. Here is the link.
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...=2#Post2350862 |
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9-1 odds!? Did he only have one hole card? Betgo are you serious, I will happily put any amount of money I can afford to lose in with A-A pre-flop if I can be sure of a caller. Bad beats happen.
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9-1 odds!? Did he only have one hole card? [/ QUOTE ] actually AKo v AA is worse than 9:1. |
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This was not ment as a whine.. It was a real generic question about early play in a tournament with AA.. Didn't mean for it to sound like a whine.
I enjoy playing tournaments live. And was looking for a little advice for early preflop play when its your tournament life at stake. |
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This was not ment as a whine.. It was a real generic question about early play in a tournament with AA.. Didn't mean for it to sound like a whine. I enjoy playing tournaments live. And was looking for a little advice for early preflop play when its your tournament life at stake. [/ QUOTE ] Then please post on the Beginners forum. Are you interested in playing heads up? |
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whenever you can get your chips allin preflop with AA, do it.
There is nothing simpler than that. It is ridiculous to think otherwise. |
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