Tournament Hand Analysis

[Mrlova]

I would not of limped in with pocket aces in this position. I would have made a raise like 3x the big blind or shoved and took my chances. Pocket aces get busted too much to limp in with them.

I would never limp with AA especially in that spot. That's just asking to lose lol

Limping in from early position, especially UTG, with pocket Aces isn't a bad play if the table has shown a lot of raising pre-flop. The player that did this even mentioned after the hand they thought someone would have raised preflop. If this can be assumed then limping in isn't a bad play. More value can be made out of the hand if someone else opens first.

For example, in the hand I busted out on in the tournament. I had [A][A] in middle position, I believe it was the UTG that open the pot with a raise. I came over the top, and they 4-bet me all in. That hand couldn't have played out any better, I got my chips in with the dominant hand after a 3-bet. It turned out the other player flushed on me and took me out of the tournament, but the play was correct. That same logic can be applied to the above hand, if someone else had raised and the UTG 3-bet, there is a good chance they will be investing all-in themselves or forcing another player all-in with the favorable hand. Just because you're a 70/30 preflop, or whatever the math turns out to be, doesn't mean you'll always win. You only win 70% of the time with those odds.