AA hand histroy ($50NL)

Advice on all streets welcome - converter didn't seem to like this one, sorry about that. Second orbit of the table so no reads / table image.

$50 NL Texas Holdem
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Villain ( $50.10 )
Seat 4: xxx ( $19.93 )
Seat 5: xxx ( $65.17 )
Seat 6: xxx ( $49.58 )
Seat 2: Hero ( $49.25 )
Seat 3: UTG ( $86.20 )
Villain posts small blind [$0.25].
Hero posts big blind [$0.50].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Ad As ]
UTG calls [$0.50].
xxx folds.
xxx folds.
xxx folds.
Villain calls [$0.25].
Hero raises [$1.50].
UTG folds.
Villain calls [$1.50].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2c, 8d, Ah ]
Villain checks.
Hero checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ts ]
Villain checks.
Hero bets [$3].
Villain calls [$3].
** Dealing River ** [ Jh ]
Villain bets [$8].
Hero calls [$8].

first, never EVER limp with AA. AA in a 5 way pot is teh suck.

i reraise the river. im not fearing QK/Q9 all that much.

I didn't limp, and never do with aces. Is checking the flop a good idea here?

i like it... Flop is absolutely harmless, and by checking u can bet Full Pot on the turn after villain checks to you and make it look like ur trying to buy the pot... if he calls then u know he got something good, and then u can value bet the river as if ur weak and hope he caught!!! Which is almost exactly like the way u played it, u got decently paid with Top Set!! I too would really like to know how to MAXIMIZE this sorta hand, where everything falls into place from one of the FTR high-rollers!!

Good but push river.

I raise more preflop because you are OOP and there are limpers, on the flop I agree its fairly harmless so I hope you are also checking behind some weak top pair hands for pot control and maybe some stronger hands [not only this] for deception.

Please raise that river though.

Ugh. Raise preflop, bet the flop. The check-through-with-the-nuts at 50NL is so farking obvious.

Its 50NL. You have no image.

Your flop check makes it difficult to discount the nuts.

Still, I P U S H

Push. Youve got the nuts.


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