Overall if i had to count my earnings with AA in live poker. Its probably -1000.

I dont play alot of live until recent.


First ever live poker hand of mine i had Aces called a allin pre of 10s, he flops a set on me.


2 days ago, some guy flops a set of 7s on the flop on me, he c/r me on flop and i couldnt lay it down

Yesterday, 3 bet with AA, old dude had queens and the flop is Qh7h5h , i had the Ah too and couldnt find the 4th heart.

Like seriously wtf, this is supposed to be the hand that makes u money not lose , the win rate is supposed to be high. I nit it up , play tight fold 2-3o, 4-8s all freaking night just to lose my stack with AA against queens. Im triggered as *** right now and need some soothing.

I play online here and there , i know its just another hand, u can just rebuy etc, but i hate how i lose every single time, at first im happy i see AA then i already know im fcked when they call. Why cant they just have kings or something or tptk, always set on flop !!!

Easy solution, fold those aces pre flop and you won't lose any more money.

boo hoo u want a tissue?

[ ] sense in OP's post.

high = low chance of fail on the other end. if you don't understand that at least, do not be surprised when you're triggered.

no one will "soothe" you on something trivial

Or do exactly the opposite: shove pre and fistpump because you got it in good.

If you shove pre then you're playing for a big pot and as you're playing for all your money you want the strongest hand. Trouble with Aces is that they only draw to two of the strongest hands, being royal flushes. Pocket tens are a much better pre flop shoving hand because not only do you draw to two royal flushes you are also drawing to eight straight flushes making them a much better monster hand draw. Proof pocket tens are the best hand when playing for stacks of high society pre flop.

I'll take this as a tilt reaction to losing with AA. With 2 of the 3 hands you listed, you got your money in bad. You can either whine about it (which shouldn't be here, there is a brags, beats and variance forum for that) or start working on your game so that you aren't getting your money in bad.

Your choice.

You lose "every single time" with AA?? Wow you are really unlucky OP. Most folks like the 4 to 1 odds heads up that AA gives you "every single time"! Well if you can't win with AA you could be getting cheated. I would look into that possibility. Good luck.

Fold pre obviously.

Don't forget to turn it face up so anyone with a pair isn't going to consider calling, because if they see a flop they will hit a set so you need to avoid that. The last thing you want to happen is that they put you on AK and call with pocket 5s or something like that and flop a set.

maybe try losing with AA in online poker, although I doubt that will make you feel better

The more you nit it up, the more painful it will be to lose with AA. There is nothing you can do about losing with Aces. That is bound to happen. However, if you play a wider range of hands you will be less dependent on big preflop holdings to make money and losing with them will become less painful. Last week I lost a $4k+ pot AIPF with KK vs KQoff. This week I lost AIPF KK vs 44. Not a big deal at all. You can't win every time you get the money in good.

Awww, come on be honest, it did bother you just a little bit

U should look more at the big picture tho


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If you can't handle variance - poker is not for you

Don't forget if you don't connect with the board it remains only one pair.

One more thing OP: Did yourself ever crack somebody's else pocket AA's?

I just did not too long ago today with Ace rag suited

No, this is false.

This hand only makes you money if you get it in while it's favored.

Once you hit the flop you have to actually THINK.

Wait you can lose with AA in poker?

Winrate is a statistical term, and statistics have virtually no use in small samples like the one you presented to us. You could talk about winrate over 10,000 hands, not 3.

It's called negative variance and set mining, it happens. Just remember that the more bad beats you suffer, the more often you're getting your money in ahead of your opponent.

why couldn't you lay it down? The problem here is tilt control, not losing with aces. It's just a one pair hand, and if you don't improve on the flop and money is going in left and right, your overpair might not be too good anymore.

I fold AA all the time post flop. Once you get good at live poker you can tell when aces are good vs bad players.


You can't just say, oh I have aces and you auto win a hand. They still lose 20% of the time, even more if the flop is multiway.

And people at 1/2 - which is what i'm assuming because you only lost $1000 and it seems to be devastating to you - will make it very easy to play against them. They generally are scared money themselves, and will basically tell you what they have with their expressions if you just take the time to notice.

That time you get your gut feeling to say, hey I'm not sure i'm good here in live low stakes poker? That is generally - you are beat - pick a better hand.

Once you move up though, you will have a lot more guess work to do.