lots of action preflop, smart to push with AA?

Let's say you're on the button with AA in a very loose game

UTG raises 6xBB, 5-6 people call.

Action is to you and the pot is very large, so wouldn't it make sense to try and win the pot right there?

I pushed because I believe you don't want more than 2-3 opponents against AA,

Anyways, UTG called with 88, and i won the pot (40BB). I probably would have lost if I limped because the flop was straight and flush connecting

Yes. You want to get this heads up. It's not bad to take it down preflop if it's raised that much anyway.

How is this even a question. Of course you want to push it....

How deep are the stacks?

Uh...push? raise to the max! You do NOT want 6 opponents in here!

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"FYI in a 4 way pot...AA is only a 30% some odd favorite...imagine a 6way"

that's true, but if you pushed aa preflop 1000 times, you'd make more money with 6 callers than with 1, i do believe.

Don't forget to factor in how you'll feel after your AA loses that 70% of the time. That'll cost ya money too. Wink

oh, and to answer your question. I think a push is ok here. i'd probably just reraise to about 4-5x the initial raise though, i think you get 100% folds a lot of the time with a push, i'd want a caller or two, then i'd probably just push the flop regardless unless it came like JQKs

If you just reraise here, you'll often end up with several callers. They have a decent commitment to the pot, so a normal-sized reraise is usually bad. With that kind of action, and a healthy pot, you shouldn't be worried if you take it down preflop. It's a nice boost to your stack even if that happens. But if you don't raise enough to get some of them out, you may well end up losing it.

i meant 6x big blind, so it was a $3 raise.

mmmmm, fish

Preflop, I'll take everything and anything allin with AA.

raise 4x to 5x preflop, if you get reraised, push. standard AA play.

All-in. You either win a decent-sized pot there, or get called by someone who's dominated. Seems better than seeing a flop and suddenly having an opponent show a lot of interest in the hand.

i guess i break from the mold a little bit here. to me, that's not a big enough raise to merit a push so easily. sometimes, sure if i'm feeling in the mood. and, i don't necessarily think its a bad play. but, say you're in a .10/.20 room. raise was to 1.20. your stack is 20 dollars. there's a lot of room for raising in there. i'd raise it up to 5-6 dollars. you're going to cut down your callers to at worst 2. lots more money to be made from this hand.

Loose tables will not respect anything other than a major bet or all-in here. Only way to get the heads-up matchup you want. If everyone folds, fine.

[quote="studboyjoe"]Loose tables will not respect anything other than a major bet or all-in here. Only way to get the heads-up matchup you want. If everyone folds, fine.[/quote]

That isn't even a given in some instances. I lost twice with wired A's on the low-limit games at [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PartyPoker.php]Party Poker[/url] just last night (once to J3 who hit his two pair on the flop, and once to 78 who got the miracle full-boat on the draw). On loose low-limit tables, where people barely think twice about an AI bet, you can easily get your aces cracked, so your pre-flop bet barely matters. I'm almost just considering limping or calling any bet with my aces, until I can move up to the better tables.

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