fold AA pre-flop?

[coldmultra]

A dumb Newbie question...

Is there ever a time when it would be smart to fold AA pre-flop.? What I'm really asking is would anyone NOT go ALL-IN pre-flop if you were being raised and you were holding pocket AA?

I was raised all in by pocket KK and me and another guy holding AA also went all in. Of course a K comes along on the flop and this guys cracks both of our asses. This was only the 5th overall hand of the SNG and we had already seen 2 different hands prior to this with pocket AA's.

I'm usually very conservative on at least the first 2-3 rounds of blinds unless I see an opportunity. I thought this one was one of those.

I don't like going All-in unless I know where I am on the board. Even with AA it feels like a coin flip, although I know AA is favored if the other guy doesn't get lucky.

Would anyone have folded? I almost did but saw it as a chance to at least double up (triple up when the guy next to me also called).

[a500lbgorilla]

Here it is.

You scrounge together your last $10,000 to play in this HUGE ass tourny. The tourny is wickidly top-heavy in payout (Only top 6 get paid. But handsomely) There are 6 people left in the tourny and blinds are 100K/200k. You have 400k in chips, Two others have about the same and the other four have WELL over 30 million in chips. You've got AA on the button. UTG short stack goes AI, UTG+1 short stack goes AI and a big stack flat calls the AI. You should fold AA here.

Yes, some rare freaky once in a lifetime scenario like this *may* happen where winning the pot will only buy you a few more hands before death but folding will guarentee you a money placement (In a scenario where you MUST cash))

But generally, no. It's wrong to fold AA preflop.

It is ALWAYS wrong to fold AA preflop in a cash game

-'rilla

[coldmultra]

Thanks.

Just hard to think "patience, patience, patience" then switch gears and go all in so early in the game.