Wasting Aces...

[woodguy]

Calling for deception is good if the stacks are shallow and you can get all in without a gross overbet on most flops, or I have 2 bets left in my stack and I can get all in on a turn.

Being this deep, and in the middle of the action, I almost always raise for value, build the pot with premium holdings.

If they don't come along, that's life, but not raising when its this deep would be more of a waste of AA than smooth calling and trying to get funky when you are in 2nd position in a multiway flop.

Regards,
Woodguy

[Mez]

I make the same raise with AA in your position every time and feel fine with winning it preflop.