[Derryabu]

JoJo's post on Hellmuth laying down AA preflop reminded me of a thread over on ScottKeen's site.
Hypothetical situation as follows.
You sit down at the WSOP main event and find yourself holding pocket A's first hand in late position,UTG raises big,UTG+1 raises all-in and a mid position player calls.
What do you do?

[Spaceman Spiff]

In a heartbeat! I know I"m going to have to get lucky multiple times to have any chance in this thing. Might as well get it started on hand 1. I'm still a big favorite no matter what these guys have, but even more so if it's KK or AK which would be about the only thing that makes any sense.

[yeltzen]

Call baby!
A chance to triple up with the nuts on the first hand? I'm in.

[hachkc]

Odds say you call but the question boils down to are you willing to risk your tournament life on a 3 or 4 way all-in hand when you been at the table for 2mins.

My gut is to call.

[sandy creek]

If you're not going to play aces pre-flop, you might as well stay home

Sandy Creek

[hachkc]

This was discussed a while back ad nauseam at scottkeens with some interesting analysis.

Thread
http://www.scottkeen.com/forum/viewt...639&highlight=

[Derryabu]

Hachkc,
I know about the thread at Scottkeen's that's why I referenced it.

[Wylecoyo]

I would call and hope for the best despite the knowledge I will get sucked out about 40%-45% of the time in this situation.

If you can't stand up to aggression with AA in the hole, when can you?

[hachkc]

Originally Posted by Derryabu

Hachkc,
I know about the thread at Scottkeen's that's why I referenced it.

Oops, missed that part, sorry.

[Cytoviper]

Call..........

And pray like hell to see........ , , in everyones hand....... then your are golden........

but the middle position loose player that saw all those chips $$$$$ and called with is probably gonna run you down with 2 pair.......