I joined a 10NL table tonight and it happened to have a player who would go all in on every hand. At one point he had his $10 stake up to over $150 and continued to go all in. As would inevitably happen, he busted out, and just kept reloading and going all in.

What had me puzzled was that about half the table seemed to be calling his all in nearly every hand. Finally one of them got his pile up to well over $500. This was happening because he was getting a lucky streak, but also because others would double up on the first guy and keep putting their whole stacks in to try it again. So the lucky guy was not only doubling up, but quadrupling or more.

As for myself, I sat back and waited for premiums. I played four hands, calling the all in for my $10, in the half hour or so before it ended: AQo, AKo, AA, and JJ in that order. Lost the first two. Quadrupled up with the aces to get to $40, and doubled up with the jacks to make it to $80.

My question: what hands would you play, knowing that at least one player at the table will go all in with any two cards? Are hands like Ax good, and if so how high would it have to be? Or would you wait for high pocket pairs, and if so how high? Or mid or low pockets?

I was very happy to see the AA, but when the JJ came later and the bet was $40 I was plenty nervous.