Slowplayed AA
 

I thought that if he's got a piece of this flop he's not gonna fold it if I raise, and if he doesn't I will call him down and let him bluff the whole way. The only thing I was scared of was a diamond or the turn pairing the board. On the river I figured two pair, a straight and trips as unlikely so I raise for value.
What do you think of this play, is it reasonable or terrible?

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Preflop: Hero is CO with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. UTG posts a blind of $0.5.
UTG (poster) checks, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, UTG calls.

Flop: (5.50 SB) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG bets</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: (3.75 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG bets</font>, Hero calls.

River: (5.75 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, UTG calls.

Final Pot: 9.75 BB

Re: Slowplayed AA
 

I don't like this line. You are almost certainly ahead at this point. Why allow your opponent to make a flush, straight, or improve to two pair cheaply on the turn? At the very least raise the turn, but I like just raising the flop better here.

Re: Slowplayed AA
 

I play this straightforwardly. I don't slowplay overpairs. Ever. Slowplay a nut flush, a full house, maybe a set on a drawless board, and even then, only if fastplaying will do something like force the field to call 2 cold. This wasn't an awful slowplay, given that it's HU, but it's pretty unnecessary.

Re: Slowplayed AA
 

I would raise the turn.
If you think villian is on a draw or has a T or Q, he's going to call the raise, and he's pay off on the river too with a T or Q most of the time.

Re: Slowplayed AA
 

There are *very* few people I would take this line with. I would have to have a good read (300+ hands) on them being VERY aggressive on a bluff and folding to the slightest hint of aggression back. In that case, I wouldn't raise the river, though...

Re: Slowplayed AA
 

This board is a little too coordinated. I'm pushing a here.

Re: Slowplayed AA
 

You will get crunched over time slow-playing aces like this on microlimits. As other said, you are allowing straights and flushes to pan out with this play.

Re: Slowplayed AA
 

It worked out okay this time. But in general, slowplaying AA is a bad, bad idea.

Re: Slowplayed AA
 

I would call the flop about 50% of the time.

Turn, I raise at least to find out where he is.

If he 3 bet the turn, then I call the river.

Ben

Re: Slowplayed AA
 

Dude, the board is entirely too scary to slow play. Don't slow play these hands.