Playing AA postflop

Ive gotten AA close to 500 times since I've been grinding 4nl. That is over 100k hands since the beginning of November. Playing AA postflop can be tricky. You have to be careful not to commit yourself with the ultimate top pair top kicker. Play it the same way you would top pair top kicker vs drawing hands or a lower pair etc. The idea with AA is to do everything you can to get the money all in pre. Start by putting in the raise, and hope others follow suit with 3betting and 4bettng galore. Here are a few looks into how I played AA postflop. These examples show when i went for pot control, when i played for stacks, and when I folded.

Villian here is a competent reg. I have seen him play big hands on draw boards and he is not one to slowplay. He fires out pot on a very wet boad J 10 9 hh. I expect him to have straights, two pairs and trips here so often. I could peel off a turn but I decide to give up the hand right here. The pot is only .30 I only have .12 invested and I have no idea where I am at because he just called in the BB. 78, QK, 10J, 109, J9s, JJ, 1010, 99 are all in the villians range. My best bet is to be up verse a combo draw like a pair and flush draw or a pair and straight draw and even those hands im only 60% favorite in. I fold and find a better spot even though I am in position.

***** Hand History for Game 63184130394 ***** (Merge)
$4.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, November 09, 06:07:12 ET 2012
Table Havana IV (63184130) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: BigButton ( $4.17 USD )
Seat 2: jblazer ( $2.26 USD )
Seat 3: Eaglesfan1983 ( $4.02 USD )
Seat 4: Howst1 ( $4.19 USD )
Seat 5: Chronemics ( $4.00 USD )
Seat 6: FlushDraww ( $5.00 USD )
Seat 7: ShaneOmac72 ( $4.04 USD )
Seat 8: ontiltlatenight ( $4.16 USD )
Seat 9: d33p5t4ck3d ( $4.96 USD )
Chronemics posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
FlushDraww posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to d33p5t4ck3d [ Ac Ad ]
ShaneOmac72 folds
ontiltlatenight folds
d33p5t4ck3d raises [$0.12 USD]
BigButton calls [$0.12 USD]
jblazer folds
Eaglesfan1983 folds
Howst1 folds
Chronemics folds
FlushDraww folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Th, Jh, 9s ]
d33p5t4ck3d checks
BigButton bets [$0.30 USD]
d33p5t4ck3d folds
d33p5t4ck3d shows [Ac, Ad ]
BigButton wins $0.29 USD from main pot
BigButton wins $0.30 USD

Here is another AA where I put in my standard raise. Button calls and BB calls and the flop falls 6 7 8 r. BB leads out for pot. BB range here is 45, 56, 67, 78, 86s, 89, 910 and sometimes 66, 77, 88 although i dont expect him to be betting sets. He either has a combo draw or a made hand. Theres no flush draw so he must have some type of made hand. My guess is he has something like bottom two pair. He fires out pot. I toss it instead of trying to flat and re-evaluate where I am at on the turn.

***** Hand History for Game 63376784302 ***** (Merge)
$4.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, November 14, 10:45:05 ET 2012
Table Havana 2A2AFast2A2A III (63376784) (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Seat 1: airpinto ( $2.97 USD )
Seat 2: d33p5t4ck3d ( $4.04 USD )
Seat 3: limares ( $4.50 USD )
Seat 4: unome2 ( $5.16 USD )
Seat 5: KrunkstarBeast ( $1.20 USD )
Seat 6: eljefe8616 ( $1.20 USD )
Seat 7: Fereidoon ( $0.81 USD )
Seat 8: ECencar5 ( $7.01 USD )
Seat 9: Fungbro2 ( $9.19 USD )
Fungbro2 posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
airpinto posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to d33p5t4ck3d [ Ah Ac ]
d33p5t4ck3d raises [$0.12 USD]
unome2 folds
Fereidoon folds
ECencar5 calls [$0.12 USD]
Fungbro2 folds
airpinto calls [$0.08 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7d, 6s, 8c ]
airpinto bets [$0.38 USD]
d33p5t4ck3d folds
ECencar5 folds
airpinto wins $0.37 USD from main pot
airpinto wins $0.38 USD

Here is an AA where I 3bet AA to .36 preflop and the BB calls. I have no history with the villian. The flop comes 9 10 J hh. In my opinion this is a board that smacks the villians range. I expect him to have 99, 1010, JJ so much here where he flatted a 3bet oop pre. I also think 910, 10J are in his range. This board is so wet. If he has a combo draw he isnt going to fold, and if he has a set he is check raising. I check behind on the flop for pot control. Turn is an atrocious Q. which I check. River comes a 2. I end up checking down and he scoops the pot with Q10. I am okay with this. Theoretically I should charge him to draw but with a pair and open end he is not folding and since his range includes so many made hands as well I am ok checking down and not getting involved in a big pot.

***** Hand History for Game 63114368391 ***** (Merge)
$4.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, November 07, 09:32:33 ET 2012
Table Havana IV (63114368) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: ImAceKingU2Fold1 ( $4.33 USD )
Seat 2: 6pro8newt ( $0.53 USD )
Seat 3: JohnyUtahX ( $4.00 USD )
Seat 4: noruk1 ( $6.43 USD )
Seat 5: Slickdonkey7 ( $3.96 USD )
Seat 6: AccioChips ( $4.10 USD )
Seat 7: laceyface ( $4.07 USD )
Seat 8: d33p5t4ck3d ( $4.00 USD )
Seat 9: UnclePhillip ( $4.15 USD )
noruk1 posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
Slickdonkey7 posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to d33p5t4ck3d [ Ad As ]
AccioChips folds
laceyface raises [$0.09 USD]
d33p5t4ck3d raises [$0.36 USD]
UnclePhillip folds
ImAceKingU2Fold1 folds
6pro8newt folds
JohnyUtahX folds
noruk1 folds
Slickdonkey7 calls [$0.32 USD]
laceyface folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9h, Jh, Ts ]
Slickdonkey7 checks
d33p5t4ck3d checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qs ]
Slickdonkey7 checks
d33p5t4ck3d checks
** Dealing River ** [ 2d ]
Slickdonkey7 checks
d33p5t4ck3d checks
Slickdonkey7 shows [Td, Qd ]
d33p5t4ck3d shows [Ad, As ]
Slickdonkey7 wins $0.79 USD from main pot

Here is an AA where I am oop. Villian is playing all sorts of hands at 36/14. The flop falls 9 9 10 r. I do not expect the villian to have a 9 very often. Combos of 9 he might have are 910o, 910s, 89o, 89s, 9js, 97s, 96s, A9s, A9o. Since flop is a rainbow there is only one combo of 910s he could have and the other combos of 9 are less likely. I think by the turn when I fire pot he would be happy to click back for a min raise if he did have the 9 and then I could re-evaluate it by then. I expect to see 10Js, 10J, A10s, A10o, K10s, K10o here a bunch as well as hands like JQ and 78. By betting pot on two barrels I feel like I am taking away his odds to draw on a pair board. I dont think he can fold any overpair if he does have JJ or QQ and slowplayed it. I feel really comfortable throwing 3 large barrels here and bulding a pot. The backdoor flush does get there but I am willing to pay that off if he does have it. I fire three huge barrels and get paid off by 108s.

Heres the HH that goes with the last post:

***** Hand History for Game 63529459233 ***** (Merge)
$4.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, November 18, 11:06:14 ET 2012
Table Havana XI (63529459) (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Seat 1: CaymanTime1 ( $5.35 USD )
Seat 2: 6pro8newt ( $4.74 USD )
Seat 3: jbullag ( $4.26 USD )
Seat 4: mccbfal01 ( $4.63 USD )
Seat 5: Sunny89 ( $2.33 USD )
Seat 6: d33p5t4ck3d ( $4.93 USD )
Seat 7: JJgog88 ( $1.82 USD )
Seat 8: BadSue ( $5.17 USD )
Seat 9: JohnyUtahX ( $4.00 USD )
CaymanTime1 posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
6pro8newt posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to d33p5t4ck3d [ Ad Ah ]
jbullag folds
mccbfal01 folds
Sunny89 folds
d33p5t4ck3d raises [$0.12 USD]
JJgog88 folds
BadSue calls [$0.12 USD]
JohnyUtahX folds
CaymanTime1 folds
6pro8newt folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9h, Ts, 9c ]
d33p5t4ck3d bets [$0.30 USD]
BadSue calls [$0.30 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3c ]
d33p5t4ck3d bets [$0.90 USD]
BadSue calls [$0.90 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 6c ]
d33p5t4ck3d bets [$1.90 USD]
BadSue calls [$1.90 USD]
d33p5t4ck3d shows [Ad, Ah ]
BadSue shows [8h, Th ]
d33p5t4ck3d wins $6.18 USD from main pot

Villian here is 25/3. When he comes in for a range I know he has 88+ AQ+ because he is only raising 3% of his hands. I 3bet him .12 to .40 hopping to start a raising war. He flats OOP. I narrow his range to 1010, JJ, QQ, AK and perhaps AQs because I am not sure how bad he is. Flop comes 6 9 9 hh. I have the Ah so I can take away AKhh and AQhh from his range. If he has an overpair he is going to have a hard time folding. Board is very safe and is good for me to barrel. I fire .50, .90 which sets up a perfect pot for a river shove 2.20 and he calls me down with QQ.

***** Hand History for Game 6319442621 ***** (Merge)
$4.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, November 09, 07:59:09 ET 2012
Table Havana XIV (63194426) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: xx5m1l3xx ( $2.32 USD )
Seat 2: monte2115 ( $4.28 USD )
Seat 3: R3ptar ( $4.24 USD )
Seat 4: d33p5t4ck3d ( $4.00 USD )
Seat 5: 4charley ( $3.90 USD )
Seat 6: claytthegr8 ( $1.45 USD )
Seat 7: Blake150 ( $1.78 USD )
Seat 8: DamUSuckLOL ( $1.75 USD )
Seat 9: BigButton ( $4.00 USD )
Blake150 posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
DamUSuckLOL posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to d33p5t4ck3d [ Ah Ad ]
xx5m1l3xx folds
monte2115 folds
R3ptar raises [$0.14 USD]
d33p5t4ck3d raises [$0.40 USD]
4charley folds
claytthegr8 folds
Blake150 folds
DamUSuckLOL folds
R3ptar calls [$0.26 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6h, 9c, 9h ]
R3ptar checks
d33p5t4ck3d bets [$0.50 USD]
R3ptar calls [$0.50 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3d ]
R3ptar checks
d33p5t4ck3d bets [$0.90 USD]
R3ptar calls [$0.90 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 5c ]
R3ptar checks
d33p5t4ck3d bets [$2.20 USD]
R3ptar calls [$2.20 USD]
R3ptar shows [Qs, Qh ]
d33p5t4ck3d shows [Ah, Ad ]
d33p5t4ck3d wins $7.66 USD from main pot

Nice hands... keep playing man! Good luck

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Originally Posted by Ramram

Nice hands... keep playing man! Good luck

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lol

Here is an AA where the board is 9 4 Q dd. This is a wet board that presents a few draws. I bet half pot on the flop and the turn in position. While this is a little low, it does take away his odds to call a flush draw (8 outs 16% chance on each street). He has 5:1 odds to hit but I make him pay 3:1. There is a good argument for betting 2/3 to pot size bets here. But if I do this I commit myself to call on the river and therefore give him implied odds even though I am taking away his direct pot odds. The diamond peels the river and he makes a large weird bet that is almost all in but not quite. I dont think he is getting fancy I think he wants to get paid. I think he has a flush so often here. Or he is a bad player value betting another made hand that has AA crushed. I fold my AA confidently here.

***** Hand History for Game 63180615270 ***** (Merge)
$4.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, November 09, 04:13:19 ET 2012
Table Havana III (63180615) (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Seat 1: youngmoney069 ( $2.38 USD )
Seat 2: 1aceace ( $3.74 USD )
Seat 3: morphingbuildups ( $11.26 USD )
Seat 4: icejigger ( $4.00 USD )
Seat 5: FlushDraww ( $4.27 USD )
Seat 6: d33p5t4ck3d ( $4.23 USD )
Seat 7: Billgl1000cp ( $2.30 USD )
Seat 8: 22timeout ( $4.00 USD )
Seat 9: nicusssss ( $5.07 USD )
youngmoney069 posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
1aceace posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to d33p5t4ck3d [ Ac As ]
morphingbuildups folds
icejigger raises [$0.11 USD]
d33p5t4ck3d raises [$0.45 USD]
Billgl1000cp folds
youngmoney069 folds
1aceace folds
icejigger calls [$0.34 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, 4h, Qd ]
icejigger checks
d33p5t4ck3d bets [$0.40 USD]
icejigger calls [$0.40 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7c ]
icejigger checks
d33p5t4ck3d bets [$0.80 USD]
icejigger calls [$0.80 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 5d ]
icejigger bets [$1.68 USD]
d33p5t4ck3d folds
d33p5t4ck3d shows [Ac, As ]
icejigger wins $3.20 USD from main pot
icejigger wins $1.68 USD

This is a hand vs allen from PO. I 3bet AA and he flats oop. Board falls J 10 K cc. This is a dangerous flop. The only hand I am in great shape vs that flats pre is AK. 10J, 1010, JJ, QQ, KK, AQs, AQo are all in the villians range. I check back in position for pot control. Even though there is a flush draw I dont expect him to have suited connectors too often here because I 3bet big and he is OOP. turn is a blank. He could be getting tricky and trying to trap me so once again I check back turn on a blank. I know I am losing value vs drawing hands. But i cant see him flatting with JQ, KQ too often out of position and these are the most likely drawing hands. I suspect he has 88 or 99 by the turn or something that really missed like 56s-78s. River comes Ac. Completing the straight and the flush draw. Again he checks. Even though i have trip aces there is no need to bet for value. He is almost never calling and if he is/or if he check raises I am beat.

***** Hand History for Game 63376784183 ***** (Merge)
$4.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, November 14, 09:10:44 ET 2012
Table Havana 2A2AFast2A2A III (63376784) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: airpinto ( $3.68 USD )
Seat 2: d33p5t4ck3d ( $4.00 USD )
Seat 3: TheTussle805 ( $1.44 USD )
Seat 4: ECencar5 ( $4.16 USD )
Seat 5: wjm03e ( $2.97 USD )
Seat 6: Natural711 ( $2.04 USD )
Seat 7: allinScagweed ( $1.06 USD )
Seat 8: HjFarnsworth ( $1.35 USD )
Seat 9: allen4281 ( $4.02 USD )
TheTussle805 posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
ECencar5 posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to d33p5t4ck3d [ Ad As ]
wjm03e folds
Natural711 folds
allinScagweed folds
HjFarnsworth folds
allen4281 raises [$0.14 USD]
airpinto folds
d33p5t4ck3d raises [$0.44 USD]
TheTussle805 folds
ECencar5 folds
allen4281 calls [$0.30 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Js, Tc, Kc ]
allen4281 checks
d33p5t4ck3d checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5h ]
allen4281 checks
d33p5t4ck3d checks
** Dealing River ** [ Ac ]
allen4281 checks
d33p5t4ck3d checks
allen4281 shows [8d, 9d ]
d33p5t4ck3d shows [Ad, As ]
d33p5t4ck3d wins $0.90 USD from main pot

Here is an example of AA where there is a flush draw on the board but having the A of that suit helps determine the right play to make. In a limped pot, a whale 45/10 min raises the button. I decide to play no funny games and bump it up to .50 to get the pretenders out. I think this narrows his range to 99+ AK even though he is a whale. Flop comes J 5 3 ss and I have the As. I bet .80 which is effectively making him play for stacks with 2.25 behind. He flats and the turn comes the 3s. I am not so worried about AKss AQss getting there because I have the As. And I don't think he would play many other suited hands for 50 cents. Maybe QKs because he is a huge whale. Regardless with the paired turn I have 11 outs if he does have the flush and I am almost always good here vs another over pair. I push him in for the rest of his stack on turn and hold vs 1010.

***** Hand History for Game 63812146341 ***** (Merge)
$4.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, November 26, 09:26:35 ET 2012
Table Havana 2A2AFast2A2A II (63812146) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: CrayonShin ( $1.84 USD )
Seat 2: UB3tchanuts ( $1.44 USD )
Seat 3: SunGate ( $1.90 USD )
Seat 4: arcdraw ( $2.12 USD )
Seat 5: mccbfal01 ( $3.26 USD )
Seat 6: fishanhunt ( $2.64 USD )
Seat 7: tarbaby1234 ( $3.15 USD )
Seat 8: d33p5t4ck3d ( $4.44 USD )
Seat 9: sailboatBob ( $1.48 USD )
tarbaby1234 posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
d33p5t4ck3d posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
SunGate posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to d33p5t4ck3d [ Ad As ]
sailboatBob folds
UB3tchanuts folds
SunGate checks
arcdraw calls [$0.04 USD]
mccbfal01 folds
fishanhunt raises [$0.08 USD]
tarbaby1234 calls [$0.06 USD]
d33p5t4ck3d raises [$0.46 USD]
SunGate folds
arcdraw folds
fishanhunt calls [$0.42 USD]
tarbaby1234 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Js, 3d, 5s ]
d33p5t4ck3d bets [$0.80 USD]
fishanhunt calls [$0.80 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]
d33p5t4ck3d bets [$1.50 USD]
fishanhunt calls [$1.34 USD]
fishanhunt shows [Th, Ts ]
d33p5t4ck3d shows [Ad, As ]
** Dealing River ** [ 4c ]
d33p5t4ck3d wins $5.17 USD from main pot
d33p5t4ck3d wins $0.16 USD

AA UTG sucks. If you limp in you are praying for a raise or squeeze and when it doesnt happen you find yourself OOP going to a flop multiway with a hard hand to fold. Sometimes I will limp if I am at a table where my opponents dont know my playing style, but I have a good read on them being aggro and raising a lot. I honestly rarely limp though. My standard raise is .12 so I raise AA just like any other hand. Here is a spot where I raise AA pre and fire pot on flop. The flop is Q 4 5 hh. I bet pot because there are a ton of combos of Qx he could have and I want to make him pay for that or if he has a flush/straight draw. The 8 hits the turn which would complete the 67 open ender. I check and he bets .60 into .90. We both are kind of deep stacked still so I decide to 3x raise. I think this just looks so strong and he cant continue without the nuts. If he were to flat this bet I would be very scared and check fold a lot of rivers. With an addition .60 in the pot I am happy to make a strong raise and take down the pot, leaving him clueless about what I am holding.

***** Hand History for Game 63340890586 ***** (Merge)
$4.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, November 14, 02:18:17 ET 2012
Table Havana VIII (63340890) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: tuhusakru ( $2.11 USD )
Seat 2: Retihsllub ( $2.80 USD )
Seat 3: 22timeout ( $5.66 USD )
Seat 4: ATCWIZ ( $10.71 USD )
Seat 5: DonaldDriver ( $1.66 USD )
Seat 6: lycowolf ( $3.00 USD )
Seat 7: d33p5t4ck3d ( $5.77 USD )
Seat 8: ShaggyB ( $2.32 USD )
Seat 9: ImAceKingU2Fold1 ( $6.57 USD )
DonaldDriver posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
lycowolf posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to d33p5t4ck3d [ As Ac ]
d33p5t4ck3d raises [$0.12 USD]
ShaggyB folds
ImAceKingU2Fold1 folds
tuhusakru folds
Retihsllub folds
22timeout calls [$0.12 USD]
ATCWIZ folds
DonaldDriver folds
lycowolf folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4s, Qh, 5h ]
d33p5t4ck3d bets [$0.30 USD]
22timeout calls [$0.30 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8d ]
d33p5t4ck3d checks
22timeout bets [$0.60 USD]
d33p5t4ck3d raises [$1.80 USD]
22timeout folds
d33p5t4ck3d wins $2.00 USD from main pot
d33p5t4ck3d wins $1.20 USD

Here is an AA where I check back for pot control on a wet flop in position. I turn a reasonably blank card that opens a few more draws but doesnt complete many draws and get a drawing hand to bet big into me. I call the bet ready to play the river. The 10 hits making two 10s on the board. I check back because I either have the villian crushed and he isnt calling or he is check raising me.

***** Hand History for Game 63260284786 ***** (Merge)
$4.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, November 12, 12:24:41 ET 2012
Table Havana V (63260284) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: tonySal ( $3.45 USD )
Seat 2: d33p5t4ck3d ( $6.74 USD )
Seat 3: milliemuttxxx ( $3.49 USD )
Seat 4: knittingsox ( $5.57 USD )
Seat 5: BioLogical ( $3.90 USD )
Seat 6: MisanthropicTilt ( $2.88 USD )
Seat 7: lindsey93 ( $3.90 USD )
Seat 8: 6pro8newt ( $4.55 USD )
Seat 9: dapaochun8 ( $3.96 USD )
milliemuttxxx posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
knittingsox posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to d33p5t4ck3d [ As Ad ]
BioLogical folds
MisanthropicTilt folds
lindsey93 folds
6pro8newt calls [$0.04 USD]
dapaochun8 folds
tonySal folds
d33p5t4ck3d raises [$0.24 USD]
milliemuttxxx calls [$0.22 USD]
knittingsox folds
6pro8newt calls [$0.20 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Th, 4h, 9s ]
milliemuttxxx checks
6pro8newt checks
d33p5t4ck3d checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7c ]
milliemuttxxx bets [$0.76 USD]
6pro8newt folds
d33p5t4ck3d calls [$0.76 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Ts ]
milliemuttxxx checks
d33p5t4ck3d checks
milliemuttxxx shows [Jh, Qs ]
d33p5t4ck3d shows [As, Ad ]
d33p5t4ck3d wins $2.17 USD from main pot

Here is AA where I 3bet in position and get called by a villian. The flop is K 5 K hh and I have Ah. Once again this is valuable information when you have the Ah on a flush draw board because it narrows the villians range to not include hands like AQhh Axhh. The pot is almost a dollar on the flop. He checks and I bet .40. I am hoping to get called by worse hands like 99-QQ and even if he has some heart draw I dont mind because I have the redraw/blocker. He check raises a weird amount over $2. I fold and muck AA, and to my delight he shows me the QK.

***** Hand History for Game 63600808228 ***** (Merge)
$4.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, November 20, 11:27:36 ET 2012
Table Havana IX (63600808) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: ShaneOmac72 ( $2.41 USD )
Seat 2: worsethanadonkey ( $4.04 USD )
Seat 3: gnarus ( $4.01 USD )
Seat 4: blufferKittyKat30 ( $6.18 USD )
Seat 5: d33p5t4ck3d ( $4.72 USD )
Seat 6: StunTKAwQ ( $4.00 USD )
Seat 7: JJgog88 ( $3.96 USD )
Seat 8: 6pro8newt ( $5.79 USD )
Seat 9: jbullag ( $4.10 USD )
JJgog88 posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
6pro8newt posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to d33p5t4ck3d [ Ac Ah ]
jbullag folds
ShaneOmac72 calls [$0.04 USD]
worsethanadonkey raises [$0.12 USD]
gnarus folds
blufferKittyKat30 folds
d33p5t4ck3d raises [$0.44 USD]
JJgog88 folds
6pro8newt folds
ShaneOmac72 folds
worsethanadonkey calls [$0.32 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kc, 5h, Kh ]
worsethanadonkey checks
d33p5t4ck3d bets [$0.40 USD]
worsethanadonkey raises [$2.18 USD]
d33p5t4ck3d folds
worsethanadonkey shows [Qc, Ks ]
worsethanadonkey wins $1.70 USD from main pot
worsethanadonkey wins $1.78 USD

Here is AA out of position. I check on an 8 10 2 dd board. Once again I have the Ad which narrow my opponents range. I check to him and he bets .32 when pot is .30. Most likely he is betting out draws or thinks he has the best hand but doesnt mind taking it down. I think JJ and QQ is well in his range as well as top pair. Although I think he would bet out a set because of the two diamonds, I don't think he would bet this much. Most players are afraid to bet out sets!!!! It seems like he is really try to just win the pot and take away my odds to draw. He has a little under $2 behind so I put him all in betting $4.20 for the stoners. This way I am not letting him see a free card if he was being tricky and overbetting a flush draw and he should stack off overpairs and some top pairs. He snap calls with TPTK, hes dominated, and I hold.

***** Hand History for Game 63114368694 ***** (Merge)
$4.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, November 08, 02:09:47 ET 2012
Table Havana IV (63114368) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: Element45 ( $3.80 USD )
Seat 2: d33p5t4ck3d ( $4.32 USD )
Seat 3: youngmoney069 ( $2.30 USD )
Seat 4: BallinGeek ( $2.13 USD )
Seat 5: ImAceKingU2Fold1 ( $4.32 USD )
Seat 6: OldLion1 ( $2.18 USD )
Seat 7: RobbersAndCops ( $2.69 USD )
Seat 8: Lbrantley777 ( $4.43 USD )
Seat 9: PUDINTAME ( $4.00 USD )
OldLion1 posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
Lbrantley777 posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to d33p5t4ck3d [ Ah Ad ]
PUDINTAME folds
d33p5t4ck3d raises [$0.12 USD]
youngmoney069 calls [$0.12 USD]
BallinGeek folds
ImAceKingU2Fold1 folds
OldLion1 folds
Lbrantley777 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8s, Td, 2d ]
d33p5t4ck3d checks
youngmoney069 bets [$0.32 USD]
d33p5t4ck3d raises [$4.20 USD]
youngmoney069 calls [$1.86 USD]
d33p5t4ck3d shows [Ah, Ad ]
youngmoney069 shows [Ac, Ts ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6d ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3c ]
d33p5t4ck3d wins $4.43 USD from main pot
d33p5t4ck3d wins $2.02 USD

That was a great move. Thanks for sharing Sharking. Nice Hand.

Keep it up man. Your on pace to break into the 10nl games. I know you told me earlier that you plan on really making it at 4nl before moving, so good luck. When you make the move I know you will be ready. Congrats, and maybe you turn your hard work into something down the road. Getting your fundamentals down will be key, as you will need a solid foundation to move on up and focus on more complex situations. Hope that was coherent enough, I just finished a 5 part Mtt series and am almost nodding off. Hopefully I see you in a couple of those Poker Maximus tourneys I was discussing with you earlier.

I think your a good player sharking. You are very mental and I think if you open it up a little to making it ok to make some mistakes then more pots will come to you. I find it difficult to fold aces and only do it mulitway pot. 1 on 1 I ride it ouy and say ok if you beat me. but I dont lose often with aa.

e isso ai

Very good info. Thanks!

Nice hands, pretty standard plays.

True, AA is all about getting value for them with out stepping in number two. In SNG its a lil different - I play 6 handed turbo/ss - the best AA play Ive seen, believe it or not, is flat calling in a HU situation (even if no raise pre-flop) and hope the mark catches top pr - he bets you shove all in. Trap sprung - game over. Obv in a grinder - ring game - you have to know your opponents and get a read off the board (all suited and you dont have one? = might be a fold). Most times, more times than not at low limit the players suck and being aggressive with premiums is enough to make you money long term. Your never really wrong for shoving AA pre flop over the top of a min raise - % of the time they are trying to trap you with KK - and at the very least youll get them off a suited connector hand that could of hit if you let them play AND you build your table image as guy that might all in any time.

This is a great thread Sharking, thanks for sharing your reviews on AA postflop hands. That is definitely a tricky hand to play.

LaserCats thank you very much for adding to this thread. I agree with everything you said. Very valuable contribution. =)

So here it is. My biggest AA fold post flop. Not the hardest fold by any means. But it was on the biggest stage of the game. The game we all dream about being in. Main Event. Wsop. 2011. I get AA on Day 1 after being card dead for 2 hours and blinding down to around 22k. I open in mid position for around 4x and it goes four way to the flop. One caller behind and both blinds come in. This was the only time I got AA all tourney in 3 days and 32 hours of gameplay. Flop comes K J Q. SB leads out, BB raises. Its on me. I wanna jam so badly. Good size pot. Im holding the best starting hand in the game. Even if im screwed i have 4 10s to draw to the stone nuts. I timebank. And finally toss it in. SB comes over the top of BBs raise and I know right there I made a great fold. BB folds and I burst out damn I had AA. BB goes believe it or not you were in third place that hand. Went on to grind my ass off. All in once on day 2, all in 10 times on day 3 ahead everytime except the last one. AK into AA to bust. On the Bubble. Hell of a ride though. Got to live a dream that most people will never get to do at 21 years old.

AA is a great hand to loose many chips :D

Very positive play with aa that's all I can say

Damn, did this thread just happen here, on PO, or did it come from somewhere else?haha.

Good thread dude, love the analysis n even better w/HM so we can see actual stack sizes. Keep it up yo. Wish i woulda been around when u started this so i coulda commented on a few hands as u posted em. Im gone 2 fkn weeks n miss one of the best threads ever maybe.

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Much appreciation JoeSchmo. Spent a lot of time combing thru AA hands and looking for good examples to share. Most of this can only be applied to deepstack poker (cash games, early stages of tournies, or 100BB+ deep in a tournament). But I think its really important to know how to play AA postflop. Most people get too excited they dont think clearly about how to maximize, control the pot, or avoid stacking off.

play more poker dont over think it like reading a book in here

i really dont know how to play rockets... online, they always find a way to disapoint me...

In a cash game I like to start out with a 3-4 bet and then slow play them. In a tourney I start with the same bet and play them straight out.

Sharking, you put a lot of time into showing people and not just telling people. That is nice to see on its on. You find a lot of time to help other people work on their game. Props to you.