Pocket AA question.

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First off, this isn't a bad beat post. Also, I don't have the hand history (sorry).

Blinds were 25/50
I was on the button with AA, UTG limped in, I raised to $200.
The BB called and the UTG player folded.
We each had about $800 left.
Flop came 7 8 10 rainbow. I bet 400, bb went all in, I called.
This player has yet to show down a hand (all were won without showdown), and he hasn't been in many hands. Should I have played this differently?
Results in white below.

<font color="white"> BB had JTs, turn is a rag, river comes T. BB wins with three of a kind tens. </font>

[11t]

You played it by the book and well.

[propaganda]

Thanks for the sanity check and the quick reply.
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[YourFoxyGrandma]

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First off, this isn't a bad beat post.

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Yes it is.

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Umm, no it isn't, this should have been made clear by my response to 11t, but you were probably too busy flaming me to bother reading that. I wanted to know if I should have played it differently. If you're not going to say anything constructive, then don't say anything. I'm new to the game, and very new to these forums, so excuse me for asking a damn question.
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[YourFoxyGrandma]

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Umm, no it isn't, this should have been made clear by my response to 11t, but you were probably too busy flaming me to bother reading that. I wanted to know if I should have played it differently. If you're not going to say anything constructive, then don't say anything. I'm new to the game, and very new to these forums, so excuse me for asking a damn question.
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I was implying that you played the hand fine but also that had you won this hand you probably would not've posted it. I don't mean to flame, but this sortof thing gets posted over and over; I probably posted one myself when I started out here.

A word of advice: don't take too much offense to stuff some people on here have to say. Alot of us are just asses and don't really mean any harm. That's the best way to get yourself disliked that I can think of, especially as a n00b.

Good luck and welcome to the forums.

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I know that things happen. Hell, I've laid enough bad beats on others that I give up all rights to complain about those laid on me. In fact, often, when I am the victim of a beat, I wonder if there was something I could have done to save some chips. In other words, I don't automatically assign full blame for my loss to my opponent.

Regarding not posting if I had won, you're right, I'd have assumed I played the hand correctly until I get enough skill to judge otherwise.

As for not taking things too personally. I try to treat everyone with respect, as can be seen by the few posts I've made here. However, if someone takes a shot at me, I'm firing both barrels right back at them. I don't care how long they've been on the board, or how many people aren't going to like me for it. I've found that on the few boards I take part in, it's best not to take too much crap.

I gather you meant no harm in the statements you made, so you have my appology for going off.
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[cortjstr]

you played this perfectly...this just happens from time to time if you see this guy again play with him as much as you can because he will give you ALL your money back if he keeps this up. Well played. By the way this happened to me 3 times in a row that i got pocket AA.

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It's not that I got beat, if AA was a sure thing, no one would bother assigning it odds. It's just been my (limited) experience that people tend not to jam the pot with TPGK. Usually, when someone comes over the top on me like that, they have 2 pair or a set. I wasn't woried about 2 pair (given the low cards), or the straight as the player seemed to be sane enough to not call a raise with gapped connectors. But, I was really expecting to see a set. Is that line of thinking too weak-tight, dependant on reads of the player, or should I just be jamming the pot everytime and if I lose, I lose?
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BTW: thanks for the quick responses.

[cortjstr]

yes you want to get all your money in before the flop with AA.