AK hand

[Shaun]

Party NL 100. UTG makes it 4 to go and has 400 in stack. Everyone calls. I am the button with AKos and 350 in stack. I re-raise to 24. UTG re-raises to 48. Everyone folds.

Note: The old mini-raise is often a CERTAIN sign of AA. Especially when it is preceded by a mini-raise to 4. Of course I ignore all that and talk myself into calling, because, that is what you do to a mini-raise I guess. This is mistake number 1. *I should fold here even though it might be consdidered weak tight.

At any rate I figure I can get away from a bad flop.
Then comes the bad flop: A52. He CHECKS. Again, could be a tell-tale sign he has AA, but since there is only 1 left if this is the case, I am stubborn. He checks. I decide I must keep this pot small since all the signs point to me drawing dead- I bet 50, he calls. HMMMMMMM.

The turn is a Q. As if the A and the check and the mini-raise weren't enough to spook me, he checks again. I ponder and decide at this point, I am not getting out a hand that beats me obviously. I am also not getting called by a hand that doesn't. I decide to check along, and hope that he really doesn't have me beat when he bets his obvious AA on the river.

The river is an 8. Now UTG finally stops the act and bets 100. The pot is 300 with his bet. I know he has AA. Of course I call anyway. He has AA. I lose, which is no surprise since from the moment of his mini-raise to 4 UTG I am thinking "watch out for AA".

The screwy thing is, had I not been the button and positions been reversed, I'd probably have mucked to his "I have AA" mini-raise because I'd have been out of position.
Needless to say I am very disappointed with my play here. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]