playing AA preflop

Originally Posted by Ayce

I rarely limp with AA but here is a hand i just played: I had reads on both players they are LAGs.

Seat 1: soccersteve1 ($99 in chips)
Seat 2: kabstn ($53.25 in chips)
Seat 4: usa1980 ($193.75 in chips)
Seat 5: 00ITR499 ($168 in chips)
Seat 6: rich_barker ($108.75 in chips)
Seat 7: larenzo1 ($174.75 in chips)
Seat 8: storminnna ($86.75 in chips)
Seat 9: Owhen ($51.75 in chips)
Seat 10: Ayce [AS,AD] ($191.50 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
00ITR499 posts blind ($0.50), rich_barker posts blind ($1).

PRE-FLOP
larenzo1 calls $1, storminnna folds, Owhen calls $1, Ayce calls $1, soccersteve1 calls $1, kabstn folds, usa1980 bets $8, 00ITR499 folds, rich_barker folds, larenzo1 folds, Owhen calls $7, Ayce calls $7, soccersteve1 folds.

FLOP [board cards QS,AH,KS ]
Owhen checks, Ayce checks, usa1980 bets $25, Owhen bets $43.75 and is all-in, Ayce calls $43.75, usa1980 calls $18.75.

TURN [board cards QS,AH,KS,7S ]
Ayce checks, usa1980 bets $75, Ayce calls $75.

RIVER [board cards QS,AH,KS,7S,7D ]
Ayce bets $64.75 and is all-in, usa1980 calls $64.75.

SHOWDOWN below


















Ayce shows [ AS,AD ]
usa1980 shows [ QH,KH ]
Owhen shows [ 10H,AC ]
Ayce wins $279.50

The thing is I very rarely limp AA so it means my opponents have difficulty putting me on that when i am being deceptive.

With two limpers ahead of you, you'd think mediocre hands like KQs or ATo wouldn't want to raise preflop.

-'rilla