Folding When There are All-Ins

Hi,

I was able to join many multi table NL tourneys just these past months. Most of the times, I’m going home with nothing and the reason I believe is something related to all-ins, when I have high pockets or hands such as AKs, usually I get excited preflop. However, I can muck such when I feel I will be beaten by someone. But in case of pre-flop, I don’t know why but I can’t dump any no matter what. Also, I would call pre-flop down if there are all-ins and so will just lose AA to KK or KQ and other second class hands in the end. I should have already won big if ever I succeeded on folding such.

The other day, at a certain tourney, a guy went all in and so I called him down in an instant. Once again, I lost my KK to an AJ.

I guess my question is, should I fold such hands when all-ins are evident? Also, in the event there are 2-3 players who are already all in, should I just then also go all in with my pocket pair with right judgment?

Hope to hear from you in no time.

Thanks a lot!

Jon Werking
Jon,

When you are faced with a preflop all-in with a hand such as Kings or Aces, you need to call. Yes, you may get outdrawn, but that is part of the game. In the case where multiple players are all in, I would only call with Queens, Kings, or Aces unless they are really short and your have a big stack and hope to knock out some players.

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