AA out of position

tommo · #1 07-22-2005, 03:10 PM

villain was 28/8 and went to the showdown only about 18% of the time, but he has an aggression number of 4 on the flop. My thoughts are included. Let me add, I hate playing out of position.

Party Poker (6 max, 5 handed)
Preflop: Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
3 folds villain bets $3 hero raises to $9 villain calls.

 OK, so he's got a pretty good hand. Thinking AK KQ AQ QQ JJ 1010 99

Flop: 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)

I think that he "probably" has AK KQ, so I figure that if I put a half sized bet in he'll probably raise with AK and maybe even KQ. He might even raise QQ or JJ because of his high aggro numbers. 

Hero bets $8 Villain raises to $25

 good, he raised me to about the size of the old pot (before I put in my bet) putting him pretty solidly on AK (I realize two of the aces are gone) or KQ now. So I figure he might not call a 3 bet and think a stopngo is the way to do it.

Hero calls

Turn: 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)

 This is a blank, I figure I just want to get him all in. I put another half pot sized bet in (if he calls he then I'll push him on the river unless a king comes).

Hero bets $30 Villain raises all in to $60 Hero calls

Alright. So after thinking about this hand I figure that I'm overvaluing AA. Especially against a guy with %18 seeing the showdown. I see a couple other ways to play it.

1. Bet the pot on the flop
problems
-if he raises I pretty much have to call AK or KQ are too likely as well as a bluff
-if he calls, check/folding on the turn is too weak but check calling may get me a cheaper showdown.

Basically I think that with these stack sizes I'm getting it all in with AA. Maybe I'm too aggressive. Does anybody play it differently?