Pocket AAs

[Chanso]

Into the second hour in a tourny blinds at 600 300 there are a lot of all ins with either one high card or high pairs. I do play cautious with high pairs, slow play to see the flop etc, but with blinds being high and not wanting anybody to hit a better hand an "all in" is not bad play. I was first to bet AA and went all in only for two other players to call one had A6 suited the other K5 o . K5 hit trip 5s and A6 hit the flush:wall Is this bad play on my part or just poker?

[psychosi]

Re: Pocket AAs Not much you can do about people calling with K5 and A6, thats just appallingly bad luck. Question must be asked what tourney were you playing in for people to be into the 2nd hour then call all-ins with those hands? As for going all-in pre-flop, don't usually do that with aces, if you raise rather than go all-in i think thats more of a sign of strenght whereas all-in could be seen as reacting to someone else's all-in in a previous hand. Anyhow for AA to be beaten by not just one of those hands but both is extremely bad luck.