Fun with AA

Was dealt AA three times today and got action three times too.

HAND ONE: Villain is 40/20 and average aggression in 50ish hands. This is a fold right? Was the flop bet too small? I was trying to get action from Qx, and then... whoops.

PokerStars Game #27069517497: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/04/14 0:28:46 ET
Table 'Adelaide' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Twheatski ($50 in chips)
Seat 2: hatchin ($34.65 in chips)
Seat 3: emolina2_35 ($55.45 in chips)
Seat 4: Ty4YrChips ($47.75 in chips)
Seat 5: ferney93 ($15.80 in chips)
emolina2_35: posts small blind $0.25
Ty4YrChips: posts big blind $0.50
MercuriusAA: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Twheatski [Ah Ac]
ferney93: folds
Twheatski: raises $1 to $1.50
hatchin: calls $1.50
emolina2_35: calls $1.25
Ty4YrChips: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [Qc 4s 3d]
emolina2_35: checks
Ty4YrChips: checks
Twheatski: bets $5
hatchin: calls $5
emolina2_35: calls $5
Ty4YrChips: folds
*** TURN *** [Qc 4s 3d] [Qs]
emolina2_35: checks
Twheatski: checks
hatchin: bets $7
emolina2_35: folds
Twheatski: ????


HAND TWO: Wondering about bet sizing here. Guy to my left seems to be a competent TAGG over a reasonable sample, the guy to my right is a big old fish who calls way too many three bets light.

PokerStars Game #27019309543: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/04/12 17:20:52 ET
Table 'Barto II' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: stdeni ($22.75 in chips)
Seat 2: smartixx ($75.40 in chips)
Seat 3: Twheatski ($55.65 in chips)
Seat 4: DQS80 ($91 in chips)
Seat 5: FugoSushi ($68.30 in chips)
Seat 6: peteyy ($86.50 in chips)
stdeni: posts small blind $0.25
smartixx: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Twheatski [Ad Ah]
Twheatski: raises $1 to $1.50
DQS80: raises $2.50 to $4
FugoSushi: folds
peteyy: folds
stdeni: folds
smartixx: calls $3.50
Twheatski: raises $12.50 to $16.50

HAND THREE: I know... Wrong forum (should be in tilt and/or heads up) but I welcome any criticism of how I played it. It was maybe six hands into the second round of a 4 person $6.50 HU tourney. I know it is bad to slowplay this, but he had raised and/or reraised literally every hand since I sat down, so I thought I would let his aggression be his downfall.

PokerStars Game #27032384781: Tournament #155478264, $6.00+$0.25 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round II, Level I (20/40) - 2009/04/13 0:32:25 ET
Table '155478264 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: m55eytan (3260 in chips)
Seat 2: Twheatski (2740 in chips)
Twheatski: posts small blind 20
m55eytan: posts big blind 40
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Twheatski [Ad Ah]
Twheatski: calls 20
m55eytan: raises 40 to 80
Twheatski: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [5h Qd Kc]
m55eytan: bets 240
Twheatski: calls 240
*** TURN *** [5h Qd Kc] [8h]
m55eytan: bets 2940 and is all-in
Twheatski: calls 2420 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (520) returned to m55eytan
*** RIVER *** [5h Qd Kc 8h] [9s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
m55eytan: shows [9d 9c] (three of a kind, Nines)
Twheatski: shows [Ad Ah] (a pair of Aces)
m55eytan collected 5480 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5480 | Rake 0
Board [5h Qd Kc 8h 9s]
Seat 1: m55eytan (big blind) showed [9d 9c] and won (5480) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 2: Twheatski (button) (small blind) showed [Ad Ah] and lost with a pair of Aces

Hand 1: Yeah, 3 way probably a fold. Flop bet definately not too small. Anyone with a Q only has 5 outs to improve, and draws are minimal on that board.

Hand 2: UTG+1 has 3bet kind of small, he either wants action or is doing some kind of bluff, so against him you might as well raise largish as he folds all his bluffs anyway. Fish likes to call, I like to give them big bets to call if thats the case. Long way of saying I like 4-bet size.


Hand 3 plan worked, but your logic is wrong. If he raises/reraises every hand then thats a reason to BET not to call. He still traps himself, but in a bigger pot than the one you "built".

fold 1

way too big in 2 I'd go $10

loldocuments in 3

I'd prefer a bet/fold in hand 1 because if he called with a hand like TT for him that queen is a card that confirms that you are less likely to have a queen

in hand 2 you can 3b to $12 and hopefully both call and you can just openshove flop