Do you ever fold pocket aces pre-flop?

nice fishing but poss in a sattalite

so you're saying 'yes' then

yes deff

i have a friend that says I'm stupid for thinking that folding can be an option here

folded them many times in sats and there are many times in tourneys it would be correct to do so(prolonging bubble if you abusing table for instance) but never been in a position to do it.

Often makes sense in a D2N if 2 players have gone all in ahead of you and you are guaranteed to get in the money as long as it is not a split pot.

Also at the end of a MTT when a big stack goes all in ahead of you and losing will put you in the bubble.

"Often makes sense in a D2N if 2 players have gone all in ahead of you and you are guaranteed to get in the money as long as it is not a split pot"

Correct.

"Also at the end of a MTT when a big stack goes all in ahead of you and losing will put you in the bubble"

Rubbish.

if on stars and up against bigger stack that has 99

Never give up if u do

I would consider it if a few players are ALL IN before me. Situation dependent of course. IE what type of game, stage of the game, etc.

"Also at the end of a MTT when a big stack goes all in ahead of you and losing will put you in the bubble"

Rubbish.
You have 100 *****left and are dealt AA on the button
Blinds are 1000/2000

button-2 goes all in with 40,000 *****
button -1 calls with 28,000

Should you fold AA ?

^ top 9 paid

Okay, in a 1 in a million scenario like that, yes, you are correct.

Reallistically, under normal terms when you have more than approx 1/10 of a blind and you are dealt said hand, then no.

You could equally ask what if it is the wsop bubble and you satted in, but you need the $20k for a life saving operation when you are dealt it.

:|

should only play suited AA IMO

There's a youtube clip of someone folding AA on the bubble of the wsop

i did it once when playin in a cash game with a mate of mine..he was a student and playin with the last of his dough i raised utg with AA got re popped and my mate shoved......i asked if he was empty if he lost the pot he said yes......i folded the guy behind called with TT and my m8 had KK.........naturally the TT rivered a set and he was still empty........

EVO did it Hype this year in same position - spoke with him at forum game and after telling him he was mental he convinced me he was correct.

samuel2512 dont think poker is for you.

samuel2512 dont think poker is for you.

well all I know is that in a couple of tourneys we have got down to the bubble and I have been cruising into the money. I then get a premium hand and in a blood rush call an all in, usually with by far the best hand an against the one guy who is a complete ass and always raises with air.

You know what happens next - he makes a fluke straight with his 5 on the river and you are out kicking yourself.

By folding you might give up the chance of making higher in the money I agree, but going out on the bubble after you have spent 4 hours in a tourney is a bitter pill to swallow.

folded it many times in sats, and there are a few other spots when its right to fold them, i would be a lot richer if i folded them more.

if your foldidg aa in anything but a sat there is really no point playing poker at all is there

first hand, wsop final table your 2nd chip leader, and the chip leader goes all in, and there is five very small stacks and 2 stacks that you have more than double them, what do you do? your prob 80% to be a massive chip leader, but your probably going to get 3rd or better if you fold , 9th about a million, 3rd about 4 million, i dont think it would be that bad to fold, what you think? not saying i would fold but i dont think its an auto call, also some tourneys where the payouts on the ft are loaded more towards the top 2, in the same situation it could be a fold, ps i get outdrawn all the fvcking time, so it may be clouding my judgement

look at the 40k tonight the payout struture, and the situation i descrided, would you deffo call?

of course

yeah i would too, but there is a lot of maths involed i.m not sure its an auto call. and if you consider yourself a better player than the rest at the table, it becomes even more of a question.

I done a quick approximation of the wsop scenario in icm. it is pretty much equal calling and folding.

I call everytime :-)

did icm include the zillions sponsorship if win ;)

still call if not what hand are you going to play????

In all the years I've played, I've never folded AA or KK preflop. Bit unsure about QQ. Probably haven't folded that too many times!

Soap 27 Dec 18:59


samuel2512 dont think poker is for you.

i was playin about 5 levels below my usual buyin .....since the pot would have made zero difference to me but my mate would have been busted it was an easy thing to do

Good point about if you consider yourself a better player than the guys at the table in a tournie. If you are big stack against 2nd stackand other low stacks players looking on which you will out play in a big pay out it is definitely a consideration to fold.

was playing in the 12000k stack up 11 plys left , about to get onto final table with patient play , had a donk 2 my right , previosly folded aq to his all in , finaly get AA 2x raise he all in again , call and double up , next hand AA me again x3 raise as not to get called, diferent player pushes me allin and has me covered , i call his AQ . FLOP 8 K 7 , TURN 10 , AND YOU GUESSED IT RIVER J , hit his strt . long post but yes its sooo hard to but in some situation YES. (HE WENT ON TO WIN 3600)

If you are low-stack and folding gets you in the prizes I can see the justification, but only if your stack is so small that you have no realistic chance of coming back. The D2N is an appropriate situation for a fold if there are already AI's that put you through.

short-stack, obviously

i did it once by mistake clicked fold instead of all in .....doh
moral don't play poker when drunk