Was this the right way to play AA

[Alnoble]

I had my Aces hold up in this hand but was my play correct. I belive I read the other players right that they hit the flop but not in a big way making my AAs almost a sure thing barring a suck out. The button raising all in gave me a moments doubt but I'd already committed over a third of my stack and if I wasn't going to call an allin I shouldn't have raisedafter the flop.


PokerStars Game #33783920082: Tournament #200030374, $3.00+$0.30 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (25/50) - 2009/10/08 17:36:32 WET [2009/10/08 12:36:32 ET]
Table '200030374 294' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: beerkegjus (2940 in chips)
Seat 2: Kruppstahl76 (3130 in chips)
Seat 3: alnoble (3715 in chips)
Seat 4: tcheps (4175 in chips)
Seat 5: Steamtrap360 (3475 in chips)
Seat 6: echofalls (4030 in chips)
Seat 7: firebird_pkr (7350 in chips)
Seat 8: archie2929 (3940 in chips)
Seat 9: lere2ri1 (4975 in chips)
echofalls: posts small blind 25
firebird_pkr: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to alnoble [Ad Ah]
archie2929: calls 50
lere2ri1: folds
beerkegjus: calls 50
Kruppstahl76: folds
alnoble: raises 150 to 200
tcheps: folds
Steamtrap360: calls 200
echofalls: calls 175
firebird_pkr: calls 150
archie2929: calls 150
beerkegjus: calls 150
*** FLOP *** [Qs Jh 9s]
echofalls: bets 250
firebird_pkr: calls 250
archie2929: folds
beerkegjus: folds
alnoble: raises 750 to 1000
Steamtrap360: raises 2275 to 3275 and is all-in
echofalls: raises 555 to 3830 and is all-in
firebird_pkr: calls 3580
alnoble: calls 2515 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Qs Jh 9s] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [Qs Jh 9s 2d] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
echofalls: shows [As Ts] (high card Ace)
firebird_pkr: shows [Js 4s] (a pair of Jacks)
firebird_pkr collected 630 from side pot-2
alnoble: shows [Ad Ah] (a pair of Aces)
alnoble collected 720 from side pot-1
Steamtrap360: shows [Th Qc] (a pair of Queens)
alnoble collected 14300 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 15650 Main pot 14300. Side pot-1 720. Side pot-2 630. | Rake 0
Board [Qs Jh 9s 2d 3d]
Seat 1: beerkegjus folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Kruppstahl76 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: alnoble showed [Ad Ah] and won (15020) with a pair of Aces
Seat 4: tcheps folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Steamtrap360 (button) showed [Th Qc] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 6: echofalls (small blind) showed [As Ts] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 7: firebird_pkr (big blind) showed [Js 4s] and won (630) with a pair of Jacks
Seat 8: archie2929 folded on the Flop
Seat 9: lere2ri1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Al

[Logan]

I am surprise that your AA hold with 6 players there in the start

LOL with J-4 guy, but i guess with so many chips he don't care.

When read the hand, after flop was expecting that some one have a J-Q and hit 2 pairs, or JJ-QQ-99 for trips, even a KK, A-Q, AJ, K-Q, maybe one with bad cards but not all

can't believe that all pay the push with crap hands with so many people in there, draws, middle pairs, top pairs with weak kicker, etc.

I guess this $3 buy-ins in stars are like freerolls in any other place.

With that table is not much choice, maybe raise a little more pre flop, but i guess all will pay still, maybe i will push Preflop and pray.

Very nice pot, 15,000 chips, hope that you ending win it.

[Alnoble]

I must admit with so many callers I expected the worst but AA is very hard to fold.

As to winning I'm afraid that was the only decent pair I had and I had to make a few plays later on and got caught out.

You have to be very patient on PS in these micro tournements and I'm still not quite patient enough. Once you get in the money they can be decent games.

Regards
Al

[ND1991]

AA is tough and I rarely if ever limp them. A raise is good. Against a large field push and hope to thin it.

Your question: Did you play right? From the info you shared, if you table was loose and was going to get a lot of callers, I would have raised more pre-flop. Post flop, why make a pot sized bet if you were going to call a re-raise all-in and a caller in front of you? If you are going to put your chips in make the other people have to decide whether or not to call. If the 1000 bet was a probe because you thought you might be against a straight or two-pair, with the two bets made you should have laid it down OR pushed in first. Just my thoughts though and always easier to say after the hand is over and the cards are seen.

[rgchan]

I,d be thankful those the AA,s held up.That was one scary flop.The player with Ace-10 Spades had so many OUTS and the best hand.It is the EURO style to push ALL IN with a NUT flush draw and try to take it down right there and still have such a good chance to win if called.The Nut flush draw and open ended str8 draw.Can,t fault that call.I have played those $3 .. S & G,s and I,d bet 1/2 my stack preflop at least or you will get 6 callers like that.And i never have luck at P.STARS as i always get sukked out there.
RG