Folding Pocket Aces in a tournament

"have you ever seen a pro fold AA?" was the topic, so be quiet, mmk thanks?

Folding Pocket Aces in a tournament

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It is the first hand of the WSOP, a player goes all-in with and 3 players call. You figure at least a couple of them have high pairs and ther other player a decent hand. Against 3 other players, AA is a slightly better than 50% favorite (54%). Do you call looking to double up and take the chip lead - knowing you could also bust out on the first hand? or fold knowing that you can double up your stack anyway with less risk - knowing that having the chip lead on the first day means nothing?

ummmmmmmm CALLLLL!!!!!

It depends on your poker skills. If you're a Phil Helmuth or Daniel Negreanu (or whoever your favorite professional player may be) then you fold. Those guys are not going to put their tournament life at stake on a coin flip on the very first hand of the biggest tourney of the year, no matter what cards they're holding. They rather outplay their opponents and create better odds for themselves.

But for people like you and I, who basically need to triple up on the first day to have a chance to stay alive and go deeper in the tournament, I think it's fair to say you should call.

[deekay140]

A coin flip??? Pocket aces are 65% favorite to any hand preflop. If your not gonna play them, why play at all.

Pocket aces are only 85% preflop when its heads up, against 4 players its like 35% preflop.

Someone else has the ace obviously. Stupid to go all in first hand..wait till you see them again when you know more about your fellow players.....easy call...most people see poker aces and blow their load....i've lost with them more than I've won with them.....id rather see the flop with pocket two's then go up against a couple wild players preflop with rockets.....

[Lottery Larry]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Pocket aces are only 85% preflop when its heads up, against 4 players its like 35% preflop.

I thought it was 35% against 9 other players, not 4. I'll have to look that up later.