AA lvl 1
 

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) converter

Hero (t750)
MP1 (t800)
MP2 (t930)
MP3 (t750)
CO (t790)
Button (t680)
SB (t900)
BB (t800)
UTG (t800)
UTG+1 (t800)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to t30</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t100</font>, <font color="#666666">7 folds</font>, UTG+1 calls t70.

Flop: (t222.50) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t100</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to t200</font>, Hero...

This is a $33. In the long run am I ahead here enough that I push? I've seen people play KK, QQ, and flush draws like this. I thought it was unlikely he would play a PP that would hit a set on this board.

Edit: Just realized there was no flush draw. whoops...

Re: AA lvl 1
 

Your hand is still good here most of the time. Sure you will get some curveballs, but those are exceptions.

Re: AA lvl 1
 

I don't think highly enough of your opponents to not push.

Re: AA lvl 1
 

Push!

He mini-raised preflop which means I would put him on AK, AQs or a PP from TT-AA (maybe 99).

Three low cards come on the flop and he check raises you. I doubt he has 97 or 74. I don' put him on 66 or 55. So unless he has 88 you are in great shape.

If he mini-raised in early position with 88, then I am beat. Oh well!

The range of hands that I put him on make this an easy push for me.

Re: AA lvl 1
 

Ok, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't overplaying AA here postflop. I did push, and thought it was correct.

*tries not to be results oriented*

Re: AA lvl 1
 

Realize that you will lose to 88 here. Also realize that 99-KK are doubling you up and some other random stuff are paying you off too.