pair of aces

[thechamp30]

How do you play AA, slow or very fast, cause it seems when you play it slow you always lose?

[jman227]

well you have to bet big to scare away people chasing straights/flushes, because if they hit, say goodby to a lot of chips. basically play it fast, but possibly slow if you hit trips.

[Danzi]

Play theme very fast raise much before the flop.

[MichaelVitelli]

it depends on what cards are turned up and what all others have in their hand but the best way to play them is fast. bet high and hope most others in hand will fold. then you can still lose but have better chances. i myself like to just bet.

[TheDonkey66]

ALL IN, if you let too many mediocre hands see the flop then a few of them will get straight and flush draws, then whenever the turn and river comes those mediocre hands will turn hands better then AA. What im trying to say is dont let too many people see the flop when you have AA.

[JimmyX]

I was watching the World Poker Tournament early hours this morning which was held in France,It was dominated by scandinavian countries, A pair of A's came up and he went all in and im talking around $435000 it did the trick when two others had high card most of us would be happy to raise with, they folded leaving one guy with KJ, he lost ending up with K high. JimmyX

[BAZULTRA]

I sometimes play aces fast and sometimes slow depending on my position and the amount in the pot/betting. I came 5th in a real life multi table tourney this weekend out of 70 runners and was dealt a pair of pocket aces. I played them dead slow and just called the blind which was 6000. The flop came king, 3 and some other low card. I made a bet of 8000 hoping that the other player had the king and guess what? Yup he had king and jack kicker so went all in. When I turned my aces he just said I was sick lol. I was low on chips so slow play was the order of the day.

Bazzy

[I_GOT_YOU]

Originally Posted by thechamp30

How do you play AA, slow or very fast, cause it seems when you play it slow you always lose?

Depends really, i had 2 A's to start with then on flop another 2 couldn't stop laughing needless to say i won that had but wait for flop and other peeps to bet first to see with they play.

[lincslass71]

if you are dealt a pair of aces should you always go "all in" pre flop or is it better to wait?

Merged from another thread

[Danzi]

If you go all in on big tables you will only get the blindsBut on lower tables you can go all in when you get them Or you can wait and raise little or raise little more it is your choice. I would say it depends againts who are you playing

[Jdog]

There are lots or hand that can beat a pair of aces, so i wouldn't recomend going all in at all, but you could bet strongly to stop players waiting for straights or flushes on the turn or river. There are lots of really good threads thats can help with stuff like this.....

[Sleeper]

When i sometimes cant make my mind how to play my aces i do this:

Preflop, raise 3x blind, call anything if reraised.
Flop, raise 1x stack or 2x stack if table is loose, only exception is if flop comes like flush or straight then gotta start thinking, maybe raise 1/3 of stack and see what happens.
Turn, probably there are left 1 - 2 players and if turn wasnt too scary then just allin. And if it was scary and you see that youre probably beat, then bet like 1/4 of stack and if you get called/raised just fold. No shame in folding Better then lose everything.

Usually works

[sickshifter21]

on here depends on the table but i usually raise pretty high too fold as many as possible, then see the flop still have the best hand then i go all in. just make sure you look at the flop carefully, and on here there are ppl that go all in with 7,2

[markosa]

raise...but i wouldn't go all in...your goal should be to earn maximum money with minimum risk, all in is too risky, i'd want to see maximum 2 players seeing the flop, this should be some kind of balance between safe and profitable....if you're short stack then go all in...

[Uyto]

Saw on a forum, I m agree with him

AA is extremely hard to play. I think the hardest part is just letting it go especially online. Many people online just don't know when to let it go. For example if theres a 4 diamonds on the board, and 2 people go all in theres juts no way u need to be in. I have seen it probally 100 times where people actually call the majority of there chips with those 4 diamonds up there. Most of the time its not so easy as the flop can look good but someone could have hit a lucky 2 pair. That is why you have to raise pre0flop with AA, and it needs to be a big raise if your playing at a very agressive table. Thats why i usually prefer low pockets because you can either hit your set on the flop, or hit crap and fold the hand with out a worry. Just seems way easier that way.

[Virtus11]

i had 2 A's twice today, i played it slow and go all in
& in both times i lose!

[Jmahoney]

Raise at least 3x the big blind if you have them, never know when the big blind will hit or two pair. The odds are just too great.

[gary]

i just call the blind and 8 times out of 10 i win

[Chucknasty43]

all in mate all in!!!!

[putemup]

play it slow at first then fast