Limping AA preflop

This seems like a bit of a gamble.. you are drawing in a lot of hands that 'could get lucky', but the pay-off is potentially huge too, since no-one would expect you to hold AA. I remember an occurence in the past where a guy limped with AA, called my raise, and then thouroughly destacked me because such a high hand was off of my radar. Seen it happen a couple of times with other people too. But I've also seen it backfiring, when his opp hit a straight on the river when he made his final big raise. When people gave him heat about slowplaying his monsters, he said: "well, you gotta mix it up sometimes."

That good advice generally? Or is playing it safer and raising with your AA/KK preflop a better plan?

I will limp in occasionally when I'm in LP and many people have already folded, or if I'm at a weak table and someone raises ahead of me.

It a good rule of thumb to value your under cards and position when playing NL Hold 'Em. AA is by far the top hand to hold pre-flop, but can be beaten (forgive me if my odds are off) and is about a 30-40% chance of not winning at a full table (i.e. someone has JJ, and a J comes on the flop).

If someone raises pre-flop before you, what would've been your raise had no raise come up before your turn? If he raised maybe 2 or 3 x BB and your normal is 4 or 5 x BB, maybe reraise it to your level of your own standard pre-flop raises, but not to exceed it. If he raised it to a acceptable level of what you would've raised it to , then simply just call it.

If no one has raised it before you, your late in position (CO or Button, but not on the blinds), and all that reamains is the blinds (and/or button), maybe limping in would be good call (unless the button or blinds are a Loose Agressive type, then a raise may be better bet to show your strength).

Showing strength pre-flop is 50% of the game all the way to the river. Sometimes you need to act weak when your very strong and sometimes you have to act strong. It all depends on the position you're playing, the players up against you and after you, and how tight you can play.

I dont think it is necessary at low limits. Alot of the time you will stack TT on a 9 high board, you will stack AT on a T high board even if you raise. Whats the point in playing it weak, all you are doing is preventing money from going into the pot.

If you are against a good player who has raised so that you are in position and you know he will put you on just AA/KK if you reraise then you might need to start getting trickier. Otherwise just do it.

It's pretty much a bad idea to limp aces pf up to 200nl (what I've played up to), as people really don't pay all that much attention and you don't need to change your play up all that much.