Why is it that pocket aces always seem to get busted…It seems when you have the aces either you have to go all in the get to get the blinds because slow play with aces always gets  caught on the flop. One too many times I had pocket aces and the board pairs giving someone trips and they end up getting half your chips. I played in a tourney recently had pocket aces on the  big blind..you know where this is headed right . One donkey raises to 4,000 everyone folds he has 8000 left in chips  so I push him all in. The donkey flips a 10 q off suit to risk it all and catches a 10 10 turn and river…if anyone can beat that please post so I hear some other donkey calls.

                                                                                     BIG T

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