Is there ever a time early in a tournament to play a weak ace?

[SilentMike989]

I really dont know is there is so i was if you guys had any thoughts or knew

[Lash]

Blinds, button, cut-off, suited image play... or just because you are feeling frisky.

[RiverDood]

Play 'em if you'd like -- but most of the time A6 either wins you 60 chips or costs you 600.

[icemanjmw]

I used to like playing Ax because I figured that if I hit two pair I could bust someone who hit the A with AK/AQ, just fold if I only hit the A. I even advised many of my friends to do the same.
Well, as any sensible player on this board will tell you, I was an idiot for thinking that. First, your opponent gets the turn and river to hit his second poor, or more likely to pair the board card and counterfit your bad two pair. Also, I was always unable to drag myself away from these hands when I hit the A and ended up losing chips. If you can get away from it when you hit the A then it "might" be okay, but I think playing Ax is just leaking chips away.

[MikeSmith]

what lash said

very situational, only if im button or late position with several limpers in front of me, good situation to hit a better flush against suited connectors but only in late position b/c when someone raises substantially im done.

[AaronBrown]

Suited Ace low, particularly with straight possibilities, can be good in a hand with lots of callers. You could flop a flush draw, which will be the nut flush, a straight draw, which is likely to be the only straight, or two pair or a set when other people are missing.

If you can see this flop for one small bet against three or more other players, it can be postive EV. Just be sure to fold if you don't hit the flop, and especially if you only hit your Ace.

[acekingoffsuit]

short stack.

on the button for position. (but i'd include almost any hand here)

[Rudbaeck]

Small blind when it's a 10/15 blind structure.

Suited I play after an army of limpers. With overly tight blinds I happily steal with it.

[uglykidjim]

You can play any two cards as a steal if you're up to it, but a weak ace is basically useless if you're looking for a hand to win a big pot with. Making a preflop raise with a weak ace or two in the first round of the tournament (and managing to show it down cheaply) is a decent image play, and makes you look like far more of a sucker than if you steal a pot with something like 38o and show it down (which will only buy you calls from weak players who don't realize why you showed it and would've given away their chips anyway).

I generally won't play an unsuited weak ace, even from the small blind. [censored] hand + bad position = wasted chips. I'd rather play 34 in that spot than A4.

[x vikram]

WEAK ACE?

OMINOUS!