[edit] Let me start out by saying that this is NOT a thread for complaining about how much you hate pocket aces. I LOVE that hand.

I find myself playing at LAggy 1/2NL tables a lot. So, there are a lot of straddles, and the occasional re-straddle -- not to mention plenty of out-of-position raises with marginal hands, medium pairs, etc.

So, when I get AA (or, sometimes, KK), I frequently find myself looking at a juicy pot before the action even gets to me pre-flop. So, usually (but not always), I'm re-raising, or even re-re-raising.

Of course, this leads to 3 or 4-handed, $200 flops. I am fortunate enough that I've only lost my ass once in this situation, but I generally end up pushing the rest of my chips in on the flop (unless it's a 3-card straight or flush or a paired board) in order to bet as close to the pot size as possible.

Truthfully, the same is true when I have KK -- especially since 11 of my last 12 KK hands have played out with NO ACES on the board.

My question is this: am I spending too much time all-in when I have AA? I'm trying to be more wary of the tendency to move in when only a better hand can call...so do I have a positive expectation in the long run here? It seems like it could go either way...