AA misplay or not???

[Bat Cape]

2 tournies in a row...unreal. Did I misplay by not raising more?

1st
I am on button with AA 200/400 blinds, I am at 4k which puts me 8/33. 4 callers to me...I make it 2400, BB goes all in (he had 570 less than me)...heads up, he flops broadway with AQ0

2nd (I think I really did NOT raise this one enough)
LB with AA, 4k again, about 16/40...I raise to 1200 from 200 blinds...BB calls with AJo and flops broadway.

Did I screw up, or just get incredibly unlucky?

[cferejohn]

You played correctly. Your opponents played poorly and got very lucky. On the 2nd hand, assuming no other callers, I wouldn't even have raised that big. If you keep getting called on big pre-flop raises with AA, you are going to come out ahead far more often than not.

Doesn't make it hurt less when they get cracked though.

See www.twodimes.net for odds on preflop hands and notice what poor odds your opponents were getting.