a question was posted by Ranoe and I would like to further explain my answer.
"You are playing in the Main Event of the WSOP sitting in the under-the-gun+1 position. In the very first hand the player under-the-gun, to the left of the big blind, goes all-in. You look at your cards and discover AA. What do you do? "
As the title of this says, it is only a pair all-be-it a powerful pair but the only thing it beats basically is a high card (i'm not crazy read on). You only have two outs to improve and if the original raiser has an ace (may be likely) you only have one out. SO.....
1). first hand, you've invested nothing, you have 5 other players waiting to act, you have 1 solid out maybe. You would have to be absolutely positive that your pair would hold up. This does not look like a good place to throw all my chips in.
2). you have 0 information on anyone on the table, there may be another maniac waiting in the shadows to call and then guess what, you can just about kiss the tournament goodbye
some people will argue intensely with this but I definitely beleive you need to select your battles carefully and this would be one of those "maybe next time moments". would like to hear some constuctive comments cause this is what the blog is supposed to be for.
DrCheckRaise
Actually if you told me he had an ace, one of my outs, I am in, cause he is drawing alot slimer than I am. I much reather him have an ace then he have J10 suited.