If your opponent has AA and you have to go all in then what would you want your starting hand to be?

[ghitocarcia]

I will never be able to know exactly if my opponent has AA, but my perception is that if he does, I won't want to face him with raises and re-raises preflop, and I don't want to make a big pot preflop, postflop is something else and I would like to connect low cards to him. connected from the suit and make him suffer enough to pay me, of course this will not work with good players

 

[alibaba194]

Maybe it’s 9-9, but if we’re talking probabilities, K-Q makes more sense. That way, you could hit a straight, a flush, or even two pair.

 

[havingfun]

Would be J T s. Hoping to get lucky, and it has additional straight and flush possibilities.

 

[Aleksandr1991]

I'll tell you honestly, I've been beaten many times with cards like JT, so it's obvious that I'll choose exactly this hand

 

[margmilo44]

all equally screwed might as well go for 72o

 

[sandy358]

JTs obviously. Best odds to crack the aces with a little over 20%.

Wouldn't T9s be better here? Aces technically block half of the ace-high straights, which is not the issue with T9s, while the card value doesn't matter at this point.

 

[CaioRJ]

The batter way to win a AA, you need a suited connected
Like T10s, 76s, AKs, so, you need the same suited cards or three card to make a straight

 

[sandy358]

Psst... The right anwer here:


72s, the worst hand against aces, You can't really make any good hand except two pair or full-house with both of your cards, while hitting a premium hand is the only way you can win here


KK, you'll have to get a third king to win


99, same condition, but you can make more 4-card straights than the kings.


JTs, by far the best choice here. Good ability to make flushes or straights, which is the most important quality against aces (you cards do not affect your probability to hit pairs, trips or full-houses unless you have a pocket pair, and pocket pairs here are dominated by aces).

P.S.: Apparently, according to equilab, lower suited connectors (except for 54s because of the blocking effect of aces) are the best option here, because their main straights are not blocked by aces as it is with JTs and aces do not complete 4-card board straights you can also hit. 7s6s is extra good here, because it dominates aces' ability to complete 4-card wheel straights with 5432 (though I'm not sure how big of a factor it is, because wheel or not, you would lose to aces without completing a straight either way).

 

[pentazepam]

Wouldn't T9s be better here? Aces technically block half of the ace-high straights, which is not the issue with T9s, while the card value doesn't matter at this point.

JTs is the best among the four alternatives given in the survey.

76s is the best hand if we can pick anyone, but it's very close among the middle suited connectors that have a different suit than the aces.

 

[sandy358]

Obviously, I meant that JT is best among the 4 alternatives that were given.

Yeah, I suspected that it was what you meant, but just in case

 

[Navin Sarabjeet]

I would most likely go for suited connectors as they have way more percentage than any other pair going up against Aces.
From 56s going all the way up to QJs would be my choice.
In your poll's case i would say JTs

 

[EarnDAStack]

Psst... The right anwer here:

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72s, the worst hand against aces, You can't really make any good hand except two pair or full-house with both of your cards, while hitting a premium hand is the only way you can win here

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KK, you'll have to get a third king to win

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99, same condition, but you can make more 4-card straights than the kings.

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JTs, by far the best choice here. Good ability to make flushes or straights, which is the most important quality against aces (you cards do not affect your probability to hit pairs, trips or full-houses unless you have a pocket pair, and pocket pairs here are dominated by aces).

P.S.: Apparently, according to equilab, lower suited connectors (except for 54s because of the blocking effect of aces) are the best option here, because their main straights are not blocked by aces as it is with JTs and aces do not complete 4-card board straights you can also hit. 7s6s is extra good here, because it dominates aces' ability to complete 4-card wheel straights with 5432 (though I'm not sure how big of a factor it is, because wheel or not, you would lose to aces without completing a straight either way).
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Well done! Great post!

Thanks for putting in the time and effort to lay all this out! I'm away from my poker computer and I felt a hole in my heart I wasn't going to be able to check the equities of all the options haha.

GL

EDS

 

[fernandofcp]

JTs no doubt. With this combination, there is a hope of reaching a flush or sequence and overcoming the pair of As.

 

[MatheusANF]

JTs obviouss, more outs

 

[Poker Orifice]

JTs no doubt. With this combination, there is a hope of reaching a flush or sequence and overcoming the pair of As.

THis ^ is one of the great things about poker... you can have the answer written out for you just a couple posts above your's & still put down the wrong answer.

Personally the hand I'd go with vs. AA would be... 'AA'

 

[alucaa]

JT, but I know that in these situations I am already so resigned to losing HAHAHAJS

 

[eetenor]

I read somewhere that the best hand against AA is 56s. This gives you the probability of both a flush and a straight, which doesn't require an Ace.

Would 76s be better because it unblocks the wheel but still beats the ace wheel straights?

I am taking the 99s hand though as it must be magical--just kidding

 

[Marshmalo1994]

I'd say 87s, I can make a straight from Q-8 to 7-3, besides the other winning combinations

Edit: I answered without reading the first post 😅.
JTs then

 

[ManOfSky]

I’d take 6♠7♠ — suited connectors can crack aces with straights or flushes. Gotta dream big! 😄

 

[anasslaaleg]

KK, I think it's the best second hand after Aces

 

[odonob]

AA so you can split the pot. Or some kind of flush or straight drawing cards.