I like this play with AA, do you?
 

20$ buyin
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) converter

UTG (t1470)
UTG+1 (t850)
MP1 (t1330)
Hero (t1350)
CO (t1750)
Button (t585)
SB (t1950)
BB (t4215)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t30, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to t120</font>, Hero calls t120, CO calls t120, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, UTG+1 folds.

Flop: (t435) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP1 bets t210</font>, Hero calls t210, CO calls t210.

Turn: (t1065) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t450</font>, CO calls t450, MP1 folds.

River: (t1965) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t570 (All-In)</font>, CO calls t570.

Final Pot: t3105

Re: I like this play with AA, do you?
 

PF fine: just wondering: why not minraise on his 4xBB raise?

Flop: fine

Turn: fine

River: fine

Re: I like this play with AA, do you?
 

Preflop: Raise.
Flop: RAISE
Turn: push (pot sized bet)

What you did was play very passively, allowing the other players to take control. When you finally wake up and push though, CO only needs a 7 to complete a straight.

Re: I like this play with AA, do you?
 

Yeah, I don't like it. At this point in the tourney, I try to get as much money in the pot preflop with aces (preferably all-in), so I don't like that you're not reraising.

But since you didn't reraise preflop, you should raise the flop. Barring that, push the turn.

Re: I like this play with AA, do you?
 

I really don't like slowplaying aces at the lower buy-ins. It gives your opponents too much of an advantage against you. Take control and at least min-raise the flop. Unless the table is so tight that you won't get any action with your pre-flop raises, which is highly unlikely, be agressive.

Re: I like this play with AA, do you?
 

You want to be raising your good hands preflop and on the flop.

Waiting until the turn or river will not extract maximal value....

Yugoslav

Re: I like this play with AA, do you?
 

I would move in preflop at this level. The BB is 30. I want to win a monster. And I also don't want to outplay myself. I hate outplaying myself.