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Originally Posted by PokerFiend  Tournament is different, we could come up with scenarios where you should even fold AA. |
I'd be interested to hear a scenario where one should fold AA pre-flop in a tournament. Even if I'm the BB and 9 other players at a full table have gone all-in ahead of me (which I've never seen), I could think of good arguments for calling (like, chances are the other two aces are in other players' hands, and you'll be much less than 50% to win, but still a favourite over any other individual - besides, they probably hold each other's outs, too).
I was playing in a mini (6-player) $5 buy-in winner-takes-all tournament after busting out of a much larger tournament (B&M). I was the only player taking it (reasonably) seriously and had folded every hand so far. Someone was all-in nearly every hand. Finally, I was the BB and found myself holding AA; everyone (literally) pushed ahead of me "just to get it over with". I called (of course). One player had 64o and the flop came 44x. Luckily, I caught an A on the turn. Busted all but one player who had me covered. I went on to win a few hands later.
I've also had AA backfire this way. Online in a cash game, I called after two other players were all-in ahead of me. One had JJ while the other had AA, too. a J hit on the flop, and he cracked both our AA's. But it was still (clearly) a good call.
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Forgot to mention that I think you have it backwards. In a tournament, you're under pressure (from the clock) to build your stack. You don't have time to fold premium hands like KK or AA, and have to take more risks. In a cash game, you can play much tighter and spend more time avoiding risky situations. An extremely tight and risk-averse player might fold AKs or KK, or even AA if several players raise, re-raise, and push all-in ahead of him. You can afford to wait until you get these premium hands in a more favourable situation.
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