500NL 5/5 Blinds AA hand...

[Garland]

As lapoker17 suggested, I thought about checking the flop. I probably would have done it with 2 opponents, but not 3, even with such an arid board. I especially don't like surrendering the initiative against David Tuckman and George "the Greek Poker God", who are very aggressive. I bet enough on the flop to get information on holdings.

The way it played, I thought it was likely George had a Q and was taking the steps necessary to stack me. The turn was the defining play. Either I was folding, or I was committed to calling down. I don't actually like raising as he will fold all hands I beat and call all Qs. He will probably put me on a big pair after my long deliberation and try to make a move on me on the river.

The truth on "Live At The Bike" archives showed that he actually had 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], so I made a bad laydown here.

Garland