AA or KK very early in a multi

[Aequitas58]

Exactly. Pushing all in would realistically scare off money you could win.

[Penguinfan]

Good answers, my point was just that it seems you can get callers by people holding as little as Axs and bouble/triple up quickly. Later in the game I always play them for a standard raise and then if re-raised I push em all-in. The reason I asked was because the other day I got AA first hand and got called by A9s and KQo and tripled plus some on the first hand and was curious if anyone else sees this happen.

[Aequitas58]

Well it's always great to double or triple up in the beginning, but I feel like the odds of that happening in the long run are small. I'd rather try to milk the other callers for all their worth.

All in bet might scare away my action.

[DMAUL]

I don't think an all-in is smart at all, unless theres someone on the table you know will call. even then its risky despite having the best odds.

[johnbaker]

going all in with AA in early position is never a good play. You dont want too many callers, but you do want SOME action. If you are at a table that you know will be very reckless, just call the big blind in early position so that someone will raise, and you can reraise them. If you are in middle position, raise to about 5x the big blind (if someone already raised, reraise them 2x their bet). If you are in late position, raise 5x the big blind (if someone has already raised and gotten more than 3 callers when you are in late position, reraise for at least 3x the current bet).

Even in a family all in pot, you should go all in with pocket aces because your 33% chances of winning the pot is way more than anyone else's. Once you factor in the pot odds, you are getting 9 to 1 on your money when you have a 33% chance of winning.... winning a pot like this is worth going in with only 33% chance of winning, especially in tournaments, because you will be put in a position to win the rest of the tourney if you win this hand. If you fold because 33% is not a high enough percent for you to get 9 to 1 on your money, you have no business playing poker.

-JB

[stussy2k]

i find that with pocket aces, what you want is raises in as many positions before you as possible, then push in all the chips. I feel that with pocket aces, you DO NOT want to be called. You don't want some shmuck to get lucky on you, so all in is the way to go.

[Jackass_man]

If I have AA and I made a big raise preflop I definately want a caller preferably with Ax because then I'm a huge favorite to win, hell every other pocket pair is a 4 to 1 underdog. The this you don't want to do is let people in cheap to beat you with J9o or whatever . The only time you might want to just call is if there is only a single raiser and everyone has folded to you and you are confident that you'll be heads up, then I would probably smooth call and try to trap someone with AJ and a board of J93. Another play people seem to love to do is to check the flop if they hit a set this is a good move if there isn;t two suited on the board(if there is I'd be wary of letting someone draw a flush for cheap the same goes for higher connectors). If you're worried that you;ll be outdrawn with AA definitely push it all in. No one will every critisize your play for doing it!