Same wild college NL game again - here are two hands where I had AA and lost.
Hand 1: 9 handed: Dealt black AA UTG. I raise $3 preflop, hoping to get one caller from the loose table but not many. I see folds all around to J on the BB, a great, wild player who has a good read on me, who raises to $12 (he has about $60 left, I have him covered).I decide that this is a great spot to just call instead of pushing all in. I'm reading him on a mid pocket pair, big ace, or even a suited connector - he believes that he can outplay me post flop, and I have position on him. My line is to push all in on the flop no matter what it is, and hopefully get a call. J has also made strong laydowns preflop to my reraises, and I want his money badly. I'm also sure he doesnt have a big pocket pair, since he would smooth call me and hope to trap me post flop.Flop: 4
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.J immediately pushes all in, and I decide he doesnt have a 4 (again, he'd try a trap if he did). I call, and he turns over A
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(!)Turn: JackRiver: Jack...I procede to go on major tilt and lose about $100 that night... also my first night changing to a LAG, which didn't help very much. My question is, should I have just pushed all in preflop and gotten a lay down and a small win instead of a big loss? I know that I had a legitimate bad beat here, but if he did flop his 1/8 chance of a set, he'd probably have my money; also, if he flopped a strong drawing hand or trips, he also might've cracked my aces. If I push preflop with only 1/6 of his stack committed, he'd most likely fold; if I don't, I have a strong shot at his entire stack, but also a chance at doubling up a strong player. Again, if he was a "normal" player who'd pop me only with a strong pocket pair, I'd push any day; but with J I wanted the rare chance of having aces and position on him, so I could have a shot at his stack. Thoughts?
Hand 2: 5 handed: Dealt red Aces on the Button. There is a straddle from Chief on UTG. S, a weak player, limps for the $1, I raise to $4 (too small?). EVERYONE calls (I also have everyone covered in stacks, which is nice).Flop: K
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.O, a quirky player on the SB, bets out $6.50 with exactly $25 left. It's folded around to me. I raise $12.50 on top, and he calls.Turn: Flop: K
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.He checks, I push him all in, he calls with K
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. My redraw doesn't hit, and he doubles up off me.I think I might've made two errors here - not raising more preflop ($6 may have pushed him off a bad suited king; then again, it might not have.. players at the table are used to aggressive play when there's a straddle). Is that overprotecting AA on a loose table? And not pushing him all in on the flop - although I suspected he may have made the call anyway, with a 48% chance of winning against AA (which many at the table read me for). Just a bad situation, or poor play?
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