all-in preflop w/AA

i'm not sure about you guys, but being all-in preflop scares the crap outta me. Even with AA, this time it paid off for me.
Just wanted to share a successful hand instead of complaining.


***** Hand History for Game 449966315 *****
0/0 TEXASHTGAMETABLE (NL) - FRI MAR 12 23:44:54 EST 2004
Table Oh la la 1 (Real Money) -- Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: player1 ( $4)
Seat 2: player2 ( $22.50)
Seat 3: OurHero ( $25.50)
Seat 4: player4 ( $63.70)
Seat 5: player5 ( $25.25)
Seat 6: player6 ( $25)
Seat 7: player7 ( $17.13)
Seat 9: player8 ( $39.75)
player5 posts small blind (0.25)
player6 posts big blind (0.50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to OurHero [ Ah, Ac ]
player7 calls (0.50)
player8 folds.
player1 calls (0.50)
player2 calls (0.50)
OurHero raises (5) to 5
player4 folds.
player5 folds.
player6 raises (9) to 9.50
player7 folds.
player1 calls (3.50)
player1 is all-In.
player2 folds.
OurHero raises (20.50) to 25.50
OurHero is all-In.
player6 calls (15.50)
player6 is all-In.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 8s, Kh, 8d ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Td ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 6c ]
Creating Main Pot with $13.25 with player1
Creating Side Pot 1 with $42 with player6
Creating Side Pot 2 with $0.50 with OurHero
** Summary **
Main Pot: $13.25 | Side Pot 1: $42 | Side Pot 2: $0.50 | Rake: $0
Board: [ 8s Kh 8d Td 6c ]
player1 balance $0, lost $4 [ Ts Qh ] [ two pairs, tens and eights -- Kh,Ts,Td,8s,8d ]
player2 balance $22, lost $0.50 (folded)
OurHero balance $55.75, bet $25.50, collected $55.75, net +$30.25 [ Ah Ac ] [ two pairs, aces and eights -- Ah,Ac,Kh,8s,8d ]
player4 balance $63.70, didn't bet (folded)
player5 balance $25, lost $0.25 (folded)
player6 balance $0, lost $25 [ Jh Jc ] [ two pairs, jacks and eights -- Kh,Jh,Jc,8s,8d ]
player7 balance $16.63, lost $0.50 (folded)
player8 balance $39.75, didn't bet (folded)

You have to play it like that with significant money on the table. You have a BIG time best hand pre-flop but EVERYTHING changes after the flop.

Lol, I have lost with my last 2 rockets. First one went down all-in pre-flop against Ace-Queen and Ace-Rag offsuit! Both made flushes. Second one went down to an over-the-top all-in flop bet on a flush draw. He made it on the turn (suck.) It's beats like that which help me deal with my stagnant bankroll over the last few days.

edit: However unless the table was mad $5 pre-flop was a bit much... I like $3 pre-flop raises as it is just enough to protect a $25 stack against sets.

I thought the $5 may have been a bit much.
Just about 5-6 hands prior to that I lost KK because I had too many callers on my $3 preflop raise. $3 was pulling in like 3-4 limpers that had flush/straight draws.

Guess I was a bit scared

Yeah it scares me too. It shouldn't but it does. Probably because last time I went in big with AA this retard called with 88 and hit trips and took my whole stack. Well that was actually 2 AAs ago. The last time I got it this dude went in 4 bucks and I raised him all in like 25 and he waited till 1 second and folded. I was actually glad for some strange reason because I just liked getting the 4 without risking being outdrawn.