Pocket Aces blessing or Curse?

Everyone loves getting AA, but has it ever backfired on you?

Oh man, it's definitely a curse sometimes when the flop comes all suited and connected againts four other callers. I started folding them early in sit and gos if the pot odds get too crazy.

Do you ever slow play them or do you always try to get the chips in fast?

I set a hard rule for myself to just treat them like any strong hand and not fall in love, if the board gets ugly and the action screams I am beat I dump them without a second thought. Saved my stack so many times in cash games by not cinging to the memory of that pretty preflop equity.

I limped with aces once just to mix it up and the big blind flopped a staight with 7 4 offsuit, I still cringe thinking about it. Now I just raise big and if someone cracks em so be it.

Always cracked by rivered two pair somehow, ugh.

You can sometimes save a lot of chips by mentally capping how much you'll lose with unimproved aces on a really wet board, like if the turn completes a flush and straight draw and villain still wants to pile money in just let it go early

The worst part is when you flop top set and still manage to lose a huge pot somehow, it messes with your head way more than just getting them cracked preflop.

Lost a buy in yesterday with them against a guy who called my 4bet with jack ten suited and flopped a straight flush draw that got there on the river. At this point I almost prefer getting them in the big blind when it folds around, at least the pain is quick.

Fold them preflop if yoour table is full of maniacs and you just topped up, saved me a tilt session last week.

Ryih

I’d rather just shove pre and take the blinds than navigate a multiway pot where someone hits some random two pair on a K72 rainbow board. The slow bleed of seeing them cracked postflop stings way more than just losing a flip.

Nope

Cause is a good thing

Blessings 🥲😮‍💨

but

simultaneously good simultaneously bad

Interesting topic, thanks.

Hmmm

Good topic tho