Folding AA

[CJB]

I am a new player of about 6 months experience and was interested to know if any of you have ever folded AA and in what circumstances. I only play tournaments and last night had AA four times and had a record of Won 1 Lost 2 and Split pot 1. The first Time I know i played it badly (not bad luck) as it was early on in the tournament and after a small raise i made a big raise after a flop of Jh,2h,5c only to be called by one player. the turn came 3h and i could not stop myself going all in (even said to myself what the heck as i clicked the button) only to be called by an A4 Mindful of this the next game I played was a MTT and again early in the game I just small raised and had only one caller. The flop was 662 and the caller went all in. At this stage he had over 3000 chips to my 1900 so a call would have knocked me out but this guy had been all in at least four times in the previous few hands and theonly time we saw his cards he had flopped top pair of 9s only to be called with 2 queens. He got lucky and made his set that time. However I was wary of the board but felt he had overbet the pot and would have played differently if he had a 6 or 22 so called him. He had 55. Later on in the tournament when the blinds were 300 I was on BB and with three limpers I went all in only to be called by KQ os. He got his two pair. In another game 10$ STT on Ladbrokes my all in aa was called by A8. The flop was 679 the turn 10 and I was so resigned to my fate i failed to notice the river was an 8. By this stage I was thinking I was fortunate only to be called by a shorter stack than me and promptly went all in with an os AQ in the next hand only to realise that i had bet a larger amount than I thought. I had to scroll back to realise what had happened and then sweated but fortunately everyone else folded. So I am interested to know If people have ever folded AA and how hard is it to do. When you get dealt AA do you get all excited and think Double through time or has experience taught you otherwise.

[DC]

Re: Folding AA It's true when you get dealt AA, you get a nice feelin that you probably win whatever goes down in the middle. Of course at the end of the day all you are holding is a pair. The flop may show 6 8 8, and obviously anyone holding another 8 at this point is beating you. Personally I never go all-in with AA unless I'm shortstack or playing one on one. The flop holds the key. I've held AA, and been beaten with QQ, 99 and even 72. I agree it's a very hard hand to fold, but, as in your first example, you must make double-sure you're not betting against a str8 or flush. Good luck Danny