Was this my own fault?

[jenson]

Hi Everyone,

This is not a bad beat post. Bad beats happen I can handle that.

My real question is whether this is my fault for not reraising preflop.

Here's my reasoning for what I did:
1. UTG+2 raies 8 * BB. I call here. I figure 8 * BB is enough to drive out the other hands and make this heads up + position on him. After all isn't my goal with AA to reduce the field and have position?

2. By calling his pre-flop raise, I am almost certain he will bet again on the flop regardless of what comes up. Then I plan to come over the top.

Of course my plan was foiled by the CO who called 8 * BB with J9s.

In retrospect, I think I should have re-raised. This would have done two things: (1) get more money in the pot pre-flop (2) maybe drive the CO off his J9s. Then again he called 8 * BB so maybe he would have called more.

Anyway, please let me know how bad my initial reasoning was and whether my revised reasoning would have been a better move.

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t10 (10 handed) converter

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

UTG (t990)
UTG+1 (t990)
UTG+2 (t1000)
MP1 (t990)
<font color="#C00000">Hero (t1045)</font>
MP3 (t980)
<font color="#C00000">CO (t995)</font>
Button (t920)
SB (t1090)
BB (t1000)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls t10, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+2 raises to t80</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls t80, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, CO calls t80, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, UTG folds.

Flop: (t265) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG+2 bets t265</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t530</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t530</font>, UTG+2 folds, Hero calls t0.

Turn: (t1590) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

River: (t1590) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t1590

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Ah Ac (two pair, aces and queens).
CO has Jc 9c (straight, king high).
Outcome: CO wins t1590. </font>

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With that many people left behind me to act, I reraise here and hope he reraises me again.