I really like all of this analysis. In general I think getting AA early position is just kind of a bummer. Much like getting any hand in early position. I disagree with the people who say never limp AA utg, or EP, of course it should be a move in your arsenal. Never limp AA every single time EP is a much better way to look at it. The more moves you have in your arsenal of poker plays the bigger threat you become on the felt. MrLova, makes good point after good point about the pros and cons of limping AA UTG. When you do this, it is important to consider the players in late position, especially the button. If the button is raising every time their is a limped pot or if there are shortstacks who are looking to shove over any limp or small open raise, then this becomes a good spot to limp. If the table is very passive, limp happy, and there are no sharks in late position PUNISHING the limpers then it is not as good of a spot to limp AA. Another problem with limping AA, and then getting raised from LP is when the action gets back to you. If you 3bet shove, its going to be very obvious to many good players that you are limp 3bet bombin a monster. If you just flat, you are playing a pot out of position with a tricky hand to play postflop. Playing AA postflop is all about your opponents hand not your own. AA is the ultimate top pair top kicker. Thats why playing this hand OOP is tough. If you do decide to limp and you see a flop multi way oop, you should shut down a ton of times especially on boards like in the example above where there is no draw. Ideally you want to play AA as aggressively as possible pre, and as slow as possible post flop. I know that sounds kind of weird but if you dont use pot control postflop with AA you are going to put yourself in weird spots where you are forced to stack off vs better hands. Most of the time with AA I am coming in from a raise in EP, but I think you should definitely consider limping it especially at loose aggro tables where your opponents don't know your playing style well, and where shortstacks are looking to shove and late position players are not allowing limped pots to go to the flop.