"The Dreaded Ace"?

[James282]

The problem isn't so simple. You aren't taking enough into the equation here - do you have KK vs. 2 players and the flop is A22? 44 vs. 6 players and the flop is A23? It seems to me that you don't know the questions you should be asking yet, which is natural if you are just starting out - but don't expect people to be able to be able to give you answers to questions like "what do you do when you have a pocket pair and an ace flops." You are looking for simplistic blanket answers to very complex problems - this is never a good place to start when approaching a poker situation.
-James

[12AX7]

Admitted, the question was lacking the detail folks around here generally want to see.

To be honest, I'd like to hear everything everyone has to say about it, so I can learn what to zero in on, in a manner that is efficient enough for multi-table play.

For example you point out number-of-opponents. Ok that's one parameter to consider. I'd think it's safe to say, more opponents staying to see the flop means greater chance one of them is holding the other ace.

In any event, I suspect there has to be a comprehensive line of analystical thought on it. Some set of principles applied at playing time.

And as you point up, there's going to be lots of situational "ifs".

And no doubt, pot size vrs. my redraw outs is a consideration too, for example.