The rockets dilemma

It's always a good feeling to look down and find you've been dealt pocket aces. I'd be lying if I said this occurrence doesn't also introduce a frisson of trepidation. Aces are great, but aces can be cracked. This leads to what I call the rockets dilemma. Simply put, how do you play them? There's no objectively correct answer to this question. I think there is such an answer to the different question of how they should not be played. The answer to that question is that you should not immediately go all in. In last night's session, I was dealt aces once, and they were cracked. Did I go all in immediately? No. Did I go all in at all? No. Did I save myself some chips by playing the way I did? Most probably.

style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    87000 13000       6     118   30    18   215000

delta: $115,000
MTT NLHE balance: $8,820,668
2020 balance: $1,798,343
balance: $63,606,353