SycoSteve wrote:
Disregarding whether it's freeroll or buy-in -- we all know the early play in freerolls is generally p-ss poor -- there is no valid reason for putting 100 or more BBs at risk on the first hand for either player. Show me any pro who opens at the first level with a full stack shove. . .
Open-shoving is a horrible play. If you're unlucky and playing with idiots you've got a good chance of ending up on the rail; if you're lucky and playing with decent players, you'll win the blinds. Is somewhere between 15 and 45 chips worth the possibility of losing your whole stack? Don't you want some action to get paid off for your AA and start chipping up on your opponents? Yeah, there's a possibility you lose the hand, depending on the board and what your opponent(s) has/have, but do you want to go broke with AA on the first hand?
That said, I cannot see folding AA to someone who pushed all-in ahead of me, but I'm not pushing my whole stack before there's been any other action. . .
As Tallseas said, make your open raise, 4-bet, 6-bet, etc. if you are being re-reaised and if it gets to the point that you end up all-in, at least you know you're probably in with the best hand and your fate is up to the RNG or dealer. . .
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did i play it wrong all in preflop? worst of all i hit trips on flop rubbing salt into the wound
** Dealing cards to DarkSeedRulz: Ac, Ah
SanChesss folded
helvegedel folded
nuudlisupp folded
ANACONDA28 folded
vearkentje folded
itokeit folded
DarkSeedRulz went all-in - 1000.00
BigMommy folded
pspr42846592 folded
brady1 went all-in - 960.00
brady1 shows: 6c, Kc
** Dealing the flop: 2h, 9c, As
** Dealing the turn: 7c
** Dealing the river: 8c
brady1 wins 2020.00 from the main pot