POCKET ACES

really?

are you seriously asking this question?

Preflop? Not that I can think of.

Yes if you are in a double or nothing tournament and you can't improve your position or if you are in a satelite tournament late where the top 9 get a seat and someone who is desperate might be able to luck out and bust your aces.

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I don't think I would even consider the thought.

Let's say you're playing in one of those double or nothing SnGs at pokerstars. Six players left, two of them go all-in.
Or a sattellite,were X number of players gain the entry. If you have a comfortable sized stack there's no need to risk it if someone comes over the top of you...

Only under circumstances where the potential of winning with them is overwhelmed by the risk presented by losing. Pretty much applies to tournaments only - if you're on the bubble or otherwise can lose by busting out but gain relatively little with a win on that specific hand. Especially true, as noted above, if you're on the verge of qualifying in some sort of satellite and there's no difference between finishing first and clearing the bubble.

Here's another situation where I lay down AA preflop.

Final table, three players left. Player 1 has 3.5 million chips. Player 2 has 3.6 million chips. I just got stacked and find myself in the big blind with about 105,000 chips. The blinds are 50,000 and 100,000. Player 1 goes all in preflop, and player 2 calls. I have to double up quite a few times here going all in with any two cards to even have a chance at taking first. My best strategy is to play for second. I fold AA in this spot and hope that player 2 wins the hand.

Apparently I should have folded AA in tonight's "Ohio" freeroll on Poker Stars, though. I caught rockets on the second hand of the tournament in the big blind and raised to 4xBB with them. Got one caller, the flop came down Axx with two clubs, and the caller shoves after I make a continuation bet. Of course I call. What do you suppose he has? Right, J8 of clubs, and he completes his flush on the river.

I recently folded AA with a medium stack at bubble time to 2 allins, one with more chips than I had and the other with less chips. The bubble got popped, and so would have I, if I called there, when big stack had KK and hit the K on flop. I went on to get to the FT and took 4th. It's all situation for me.

never fold them.. your favrioute your just going to have to accept the bad beats when they come but your making a mistake if you fold with the best hand

These last two scenarios are "results oriented" situations. Just because you lost or would have lost doesn't mean you should have folded.

LIKE I SAID and was repeated! You got to factor in these situations but its my favorite hand wins 7-10 on Pstars and 6-10 on Ftilt.

Yeah I can think of a case when you should fold AA. When you are playing IDIOTS like this..

PokerStars Game #22050870916: Tournament #119388165, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2008/11/15 0:22:04 ET
Table '119388165 139' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: jrok4283 (7820 in chips)
Seat 2: pipster7 (3055 in chips)
Seat 3: o2fantasia01 (2375 in chips)
Seat 4: radiochris (1000 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: RickyMJr (2270 in chips)
Seat 6: abn 4 life (20325 in chips)
Seat 7: Metalkixaz (8805 in chips)
Seat 8: nemo1969 (18485 in chips)
Seat 9: BWITT88 (2820 in chips)
nemo1969: posts small blind 75
BWITT88: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to nemo1969
jrok4283: folds
pipster7: folds
o2fantasia01: raises 2225 to 2375 and is all-in
radiochris: folds
RickyMJr: folds
abn 4 life: calls 2375
Metalkixaz: folds
nemo1969: raises 2725 to 5100
BWITT88: folds
abn 4 life: calls 2725
*** FLOP ***
nemo1969: bets 13385 and is all-in
abn 4 life: calls 13385
Metalkixaz said, "jeez a big 1 here"
*** TURN ***
*** RIVER ***
*** SHOW DOWN ***
nemo1969: shows (two pair, Aces and Fours)
abn 4 life: shows (a flush, Jack high)
abn 4 life collected 32220 from side pot
o2fantasia01: shows (a pair of Fours)
Metalkixaz said, "o"
Metalkixaz said, "m"
abn 4 life collected 7275 from main pot
nk76 is connected
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 39495 Main pot 7275. Side pot 32220. | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: jrok4283 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: pipster7 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: o2fantasia01 showed and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 4: radiochris folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: RickyMJr folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: abn 4 life showed and won (39495) with a flush, Jack high
Seat 7: Metalkixaz (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: nemo1969 (small blind) showed and lost with two pair, Aces and Fours
Seat 9: BWITT88 (big blind) folded before Flop