5NL Rush 6max, AA as bluff-catcher multi-way on paired flop

[couriermike]

We're 5-way to the flop in a 3-bet pot.

I don't have more than 15 hands on any villain, but I'm assuming the short-stack blinds are loose-passive fish.

What do you think about playing AA passively this way postflop?

Since the board is really dry, I thought that if I bet I get at most one bet out of worse, and only trips comes along further. So I check flop and turn to let worse bluff. On the river I'm very confident my hand is good. If UTG didn't bet, I would have. But I don't want to raise, especially with the two fish in the blinds still to act. Does that make sense? Is there a better way to play this? Thx.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

saw flop

UTG ($10.19)
MP ($8.01)
CO ($6.29)
Hero (Button) ($20.53)
SB ($2.39)
BB ($2.22)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, A
UTG bets $0.17, 1 fold, CO calls $0.17, Hero raises to $0.75, SB calls $0.73, BB calls $0.70, UTG calls $0.58, CO calls $0.58

Flop: ($3.75) 10, 4, 10 (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, CO checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($3.75) 2 (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, CO checks, Hero checks

River: ($3.75) 2 (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG bets $1.75, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.75, SB calls $1.64 (All-In), BB calls $1.47 (All-In)

Total pot: $10.36 | Rake: $0.69

[Imthenewfish]

3b smaller pre, checking flop is okay, defo bet turn and raise river

[couriermike]

On the river another 115 blinds went in the pot (not counting my own call), and with the non-action on previous streets, all three villains still had very wide ranges. So that was good.

I know it's not important in terms of judging how I played the hand, but results can be interesting in terms of getting a read on what villains typically do. Here, UTG had 76, SB had 99, and BB had A5. Obv I don't get anything more out of UTG unless he bluffs, SB and BB probably call all-in to a turn bet but could possibly fold on the river with a bet and raise in front of them.

I kinda see this as a WA/WB situation, especially multi-way on a super-dry board, so it makes sense to play it as a bluff-catcher. Of course the T could be slow-playing too, but as long as there's no postflop raises, I feel very good about the big pair. I thought this was a really interesting hand, being in a huge pot 5-way with a big pair, not the ideal postflop spot. Of course if the board was drawy, we'd play it alot faster.

[HarleyGuy13]

I'm kinda with newfish on this other than I really don't mind the size of your 3bet being you really don't want to play AA in a multi way pot. But for sure bet turn and raise river.

[Icanhastreebet]

Raising river is bad, think about how often you're going to get overcalls when you don't raise v your equity v UTGs betting range(Hint: You're not doing amazing v a call range). The eV of raising could be better but it's probably so close that you won't want to.

[daven]

i like it
don't raise river

[OngBonga]

Wow, 76s and A5 to a 3bet of that size. I thought people played tighter at Rush? Think I might have to consider taking some of my bankroll to FTP.
My first thought was to 3bet less pf, but then again you got four calls, so 3bet more pf. nh