Should you ever fold AA?

People often ask me if they should ever fold their pocket aces preflop. This one is easy. No, absolutely not under any circumstances! Pocket AA is the best hand in the game and therefore you will always be at a statistical advantage versus any other hand.

Why would you fold aces?

You would fold the aces when you feel your chances of winning the pot are smaller than the expected payout. If you need to draw an ace to win, you should probably fold unless the pot is huge and the bet is small.

Should you always go all in with AA?

Optimal preflop strategy with AA

In general AA should always be raised or reraised preflop, since it is after all the nuts, and putting in chips with the nuts is always +EV. However that does not mean, the optimal strategy is to move all-in, since it depends on, how many chips are in the pot already.

What hand has best odds against AA?

What Hand Has the Best Odds Against Pocket Aces? Suited connector hands like 8♣ 7♣ and 7♣ 6♣ have the best odds against pocket aces, but are still a major underdog preflop. Pocket aces hold 76.83 percent equity against both of these hands if the suited connector doesn't share the suit with one of the aces.

How often do pros fold?

In Texas Hold'em, the best poker players fold 75 percent or more of all starting hands before the betting even begins.

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What is a good post flop aggression?

50% to 60% is ideal, assuming that you have a VPIP of 15% to 20%. Much higher, and you are probably overplaying speculative hands and bad hands, and bluffing too much. Much lower and you are not playing your good hands strongly postflop.

Should you fold before the flop?

If you have a poor or marginal starting hand you should look to fold. If you have a good starting hand like the ones mentioned above you should be happy to call and see a flop. If you have one of the top starting hands like AA or KK, should re-raise to help try and get as much money into the pot as possible.

Is 72 the worst hand in poker?

One of the first things you learn in poker is that 7-2 offsuit is the worst hand you can be dealt. It doesn't easily make a straight or a flush and when it makes a pair it is usually dominated and/or outkicked.

How often does AA lose in poker?

How often AA loses basically depends on how many people play. ANY hand will lose a majority of the time if all ten people play. But AA will win about 30% of the time in a full field. That's THREE TIMES more than the "statistical" 10%, which is why AA is so valuable.

How often should you flop a set?

With any paired hole card combination, you have about a 11.8% chance of flopping exactly a set. This translates to about 7.5-to-1 odds against flopping a set.

What are the odds of having AA?

You have a 4 in 52 (or 1 in 13) chance to get an initial ace. If you get that first ace, you then have a 3 in 51 (or 1 in 17) chance to get a second ace. That's 1 in (13 * 17) or 1/221 chance of getting pocket aces.

How often will you be dealt AA?

You Have a 1/221 Chance of Being Dealt Pocket Aces

A: Every player dreams about being dealt pocket Aces, especially during crucial situations in tournaments.

What cards should you always fold?

what kind of hands should you play? The answer is high pairs, high suited cards, and high unsuited cards. These hands can help you complete high pairs, flushes, and high straights which give you the best chance to win the pot.

Why is ace 5 suited a good hand?

Ace-Five suited is an awesome hand to hold. It's so dynamic and can hit disguised hands that your opponents might miss in their estimation of your strategy. You've now got a really strong blueprint for handling 95% of the situations you will find yourself in with this hand.

Why do you score paper before folding?

While in some cases folding without scoring will be sufficient and saves cost, in others, scoring eliminates any color cracking or paper buckling on the fold and can make all the difference in producing an elegant final result.

How rare is a 1 in 10000 chance?

If an event has a probability of 1:10,000, therefore in 100,000 trials it would then be likely to occur 10 times; in 1,000,000 trials, it would be likely to occur 100 times, but would it not be also just as likely that it occur in any given set of 1,000,000 trials any number of times, for example: 98 times, 99 times, ...

What is the unluckiest hand in poker?

2-7 (offsuit)

A 2-7 offsuit hand is the worst hand to start with in Texas Hold 'Em poker because there are so few good options available to you: you have no straight draw, no flush draw, and even if you wind up with a pair of 7s or a pair of 2s, you're unlikely to have the best hand.

What is the most unlucky hand in poker?

Currently, it is described as a two-pair poker hand consisting of the black aces and black eights. The pair of aces and eights, along with an unknown hole card, were reportedly held by Old West folk hero, lawman, and gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok when he was murdered while playing a game.

What is the unlucky hand in poker?

The dead man's hand is a slang term used in poker for a two pair of black aces and black eights, although its meaning has changed over time. The story goes that lawman and gambler “Wild Bill” Hickok was shot while holding the dead man's hand, which is why it's considered an unlucky two pair in poker today.

Should you go all in preflop with jacks?

Stack depth is crucial when playing pocket Jacks. When in the 30 to 40 big blind range you're almost always going to want to get it all-in with Jacks. There are only a few hands that beat you preflop and most players will cram it in at this stack depth with a relatively wide range.

What not to do in poker?

Do you burn 3 before the flop?

When Texas hold 'em (as well as in Omaha hold 'em) is played in casinos (or other formal games where cheating is a concern), a card is burned before dealing the flop, turn, and river, for a maximum of 3 total burn cards.