Quote Originally Posted by WildBobAA
If I was villian with AA, I would probably call.
POKERSTARS GAME #4400592345: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2006/03/24 - 19:43:50 (ET)
Table 'Orion II' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: NutsInYoEye ($201.25 in chips)
Seat 2: flexgon ($265.20 in chips)
Seat 3: ncmike ($118.20 in chips)
Seat 4: PlayerFair ($136.30 in chips)
Seat 5: Zadan ($332.35 in chips)
Seat 6: Snatcha ($198 in chips)
ncmike: posts small blind $1
PlayerFair: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to NutsInYoEye [As Ah]
Zadan: folds
Snatcha: folds
NutsInYoEye: raises $6 to $8
flexgon: folds
ncmike: folds
PlayerFair: calls $6
*** FLOP *** [6s Ks 7s]
PlayerFair: bets $128.30 and is all-in
NutsInYoEye: calls $128.30
*** TURN *** [6s Ks 7s] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [6s Ks 7s Kh] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PlayerFair: shows [8s 8d] (a full house, Kings full of Eights)
NutsInYoEye: shows [As Ah] (a full house, Kings full of Aces)
NutsInYoEye collected $270.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $273.60 | Rake $3
Board [6s Ks 7s Kh Kd]
Seat 1: NutsInYoEye showed [As Ah] and won ($270.60) with a full house, Kings full of Aces
Seat 2: flexgon (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: ncmike (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: PlayerFair (big blind) showed [8s 8d] and lost with a full house, Kings full of Eights
Seat 5: Zadan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Snatcha folded before Flop (didn't bet)


Grant it, I had the As here which made my call a lot easier. On a rainbow board though I think I probably would've made the same call.

I can't find any examples at the moment, but in cases where I've been almost certain my opponent had AA or KK I've made the same play Renton did. The AI open push just screams that you want a fold. It's very hard for even more experienced players (at the limits we're discussing anwyays) to lay down their over pair in this situation. Your first thought when you see this is WTF?!?!? Then there is a moment of hesitation when you consider that you might be beat. It doesn't last long though and your thoughts quickly turn to the idea that if they were really that strong then they wouldn't push so hard. Their bet just doesn't make any sense and you convince yourself that your over pair has to be good.