AA fold

[Iamafish]

Keep playing at stars. Good fold, fold AA everytime.

[Gar Pike]

Well, contrary to the other posters here, I think this was an "inspired" play.

Some considerations:

You won't get sucked out on when J90 calls and gets runner-runner 9s.

You won't have to worry about what you're going to do with all them chips, in case your hand does hold up.

What site was this and what's your handle?

Get the ... *pict-cha* ?

Regards

Gar

PS There're other ways to play AA UTG besides open-pushing, you know. And other ways to win besides doubling up. Why don't you list some of those and give us your thoughts on them. At least, you could get the discussion on to something other than "AA fold preflop BAD"...

I'll give you a start.

Limp and push to a re-raise.

[Nick_Foxx]

Given the overwhelming reaction, I guess I did make the wrong move. For the record, I did manage to get it heads up and took the chip lead but ended up finishing second.

I don't think I'm a bad NLH SNG player, but some of your comments suggest otherwise. I keep meticulous records and over 200 SNG's, my ROI is over 30%, so I really feel my general play is not terrible. In this case, perhaps it was. Now that my name is mud on this forum, I promise not to post here again.

Mike

[splashpot]

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over 200 SNG's

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Don't stop posting. Just realize that 200 is nothing.

[Gar Pike]

You just happened to push a hot button, Nick. And this is a tough-love place. Did you learn anything from the replies? What was it? That's what's important, not how you feel about the replies.

Regards

Gar

PS And in the tough-love vein, how did you get to 520+ posts without learning that?

[Nicholasp27]

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4. If I fold, I strongly believe I can beat Seat 5 who has been playing poorly, and at least finish second.


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u fold AA preflop and think u can outplay seat 5, who has triple your chips?!?!?

ha

[valenzuela]

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I promise not to post here again.

Mike

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Why would you do that??? Almost nobody would post here if they left when theyre berated..I vote stay!

[Nicholasp27]

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The only possible way I might fold AA pf is if you were in BB and UTG, Button AND SB were all 3 all in b/c AA is not good multi-way, otherwise I am never folding this PF


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i'd hope u'd still push this...the ONLY way you get 4th in ur scenario is if the shorty beats your hand and one of the other stacks do as well

don't pass up a chance to quad up because u are scared of that one, low%, scenario


edit: only fold here if this tournament's buy-in was your house title

Looks like you were playing not to lose instead of playing to win.

[JudoGirl]

The difference in profit between 2nd and 1st is greater than the profit you make by taking 2nd place. So it pays to take those risks for a better chance of taking 1st place. And not matter how great your skill level, in short stack tournaments like this, your skill level will never give you as much an advantage as getting all-in, headup with AA will.