all-in crazy game

How do you play when you face several opponents that frequently goes all-in?

I mean, what it effectly means is that any hand you plan on playing you should be willing to go all-in aswell on? Say you got AA and start with a raise, then a reraise and suddenly the other guy is all-in, then if I call it will be luck deciding the outcome (with me as a favourite preflop) but it's a gamble, if I fold I'm giving up say 30% of my chips even though I have the best hand pre-flop.

If you say I shouldn't go all-in and gamble, the problem is that I already invested good money in the favourite hand and it doesn't take many situations like this in a sng before my chips are eaten away. Should I just sit back and fold even premium hands if I face any competion keeping the costs low in the early rounds and start gambling later on?

Hope you understand my problem.

When someone pushes all-in on my AA preflop, I salivate.

In all seriousness, why would you be afraid to gamble a 4 to 1 favorite?

I've never layed down AA preflop to any bet or amount of all-ins in front of me, and I've only layed down KK once.

I just don't understand your problem. The whole reason you raise is to get as much money in as possible with the best hand. If you can get it all in, then by all means, do it.

If he is pushing all in all the time, I'd be more likely to call him with as low as AT or a mid pocket pair. You have the best chance at winning because of his loose play. Poker is a game of chance where the skill of playing the best cards and reading you opponent increases your chances. I don't consider it a gamble if you believe yourself to be ahead at the time the chips go in, that is more of a calculated risk. Just push it all in and if you lose, shake it off and do it again next time....

If you can't shake it off, check out the "Bad Beats and You" post in the Bad Beats forum.

Also, if you raised 30% of your chips, you are short stacked... no better time to throw them all in the middle with AA. Esp if you have a chance to triple up off the table.

- sed