What about AA multiway ? In a ten-handed game AA falls to about 31% ! Bad right? NO! I'll take them every time. You see, you're going to only win 1 out of every 3 hands i this situation BUT you are getting 8:1 on your money ! What's that mean really ? Say eveyone puts 100 into the pot. You lose with AA two times but win one time. You invest $300 to win $1000 every three hands. That's +$700 every three hands more or less. Not bad Charlie! That's worse case scenario, say, fixed limit. In no-limit you can often protect the AA by betting more...That's my story and I'm sticking to it.