AA facing reraise preflop

[baudib]

This worked out for the best but I second-guessed myself anyway. I thought I had defined my hand pretty well with the initial raise. I did take a long, long time to repush but I still think it was broadcast loud and clear what I was holding.

Would you slow down and take it all from him on the flop here? Keep in mind I don't have a ton of experience playing ring.


PokerStars Game #8111281925: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2007/01/25 - 05:01:42 (ET)
Table 'Richilde II' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: nasum83 ($143.50 in chips)
Seat 2: grolegogo ($59 in chips)
Seat 3: battletoad2 ($212.85 in chips)
Seat 4: 111111 ($115.95 in chips)
Seat 5: MadMike69 ($37.90 in chips)
Seat 6: baudib ($168 in chips)
Seat 8: HoldemKy5 ($69.05 in chips)
Seat 9: betgo ($169.65 in chips)
grolegogo: posts small blind $0.50
battletoad2: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to baudib [Ac As]
111111: calls $1
MadMike69: folds
baudib: raises $9 to $10
HoldemKy5: folds
betgo: raises $14 to $24
nasum83: folds
grolegogo: folds
battletoad2: folds
111111: folds
baudib: raises $144 to $168 and is all-in
betgo: calls $144
*** FLOP *** [3h Qs 9h]
*** TURN *** [3h Qs 9h] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [3h Qs 9h 8d] [8s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
baudib: shows [Ac As] (two pair, Aces and Eights)
betgo: mucks hand
baudib collected $335.50 from pot
betgo mucked [Kh Kc]

[DaNutsInYoEye]

Even if you 4-bet less than AI, all the money is going in on a non-A flop anyways.

[baudib]

definitely true, but I was wondering if long-term I am letting skilled players off the hook preflop by giving them the chance to fold KK...

[Warpe]

Read dependent...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

saw flop|saw showdown

UTG ($46.60)
Hero ($54.35)
Button ($53)
SB ($81.10)
BB ($93.75)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A, A.
UTG calls $0.50, Hero raises to $2, 1 fold, SB raises to $6.5, 1 fold, UTG folds, Hero raises to $54.35, SB calls $47.85.

Flop: ($109.70) 4, J, J (2 players)

Turn: ($109.70) 4 (2 players)

River: ($109.70) 6 (2 players)

Final Pot: $109.70

Results in white below:
Hero has Ad Ah (two pair, aces and jacks).
SB has Kh Ks (two pair, kings and jacks).
Outcome: Hero wins $109.70.

[IowaSkinsFan]

why are u raising to ten pre?

[baudib]

I had seen a couple of people make 3-4x BB raises and get 5-6 people to the flop...

To be honest, I cannot say exactly what made me do it. It's not what I would normally do, but I had made a couple of big raises with hands like AK/JJ around 6-7 preflop and either whiffed/got outplayed on the flop and I was hoping that someone would wake up with a monster and think they could push me off it.

[Margin Of Error]

other than the size of your initial preflop raise this is shockingly standard.