$265 NLHE MTT Deep Stacked: AA hand, how would you play this?

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Early stages in the Million Dollar Sunday on ACR. Not the most interesting hand, but I hate losing with AA!

Blinds are 100/200, I forget if there was an ante as poker tracker isn't working.


Effective stacks are 52bb.


Early position limps, MP raises to 1350, I 3-bet to 4250, limper folds and MP calls.


I'm holding AcAs. SPR is approximately 1:1.


Flop comes Ks8s6d. MP checks and I check behind. My reasoning was because I wanted to play deceptively and get a c-bet on the turn and possibly stack villain.


Turn comes Js bringing three spades. Villain checks, I shove all in. Villain snap calls with JJ and wins the pot.


In hindsight I hate the way I played the hand. I don't know if I can ever get away from it, but I should have just shoved the flop and hope to get called by a King or flush draw. Then again, if the turn isn't a Jack villain is likely to venture a bet to see where his pair is at.


Keen to hear any thoughts.
 
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I like the flop check back. I would be checking almost every pocket pair behind. You have 23% to win here. Even if he doesn't have a set, he might call with an under pair thinking you are bluffing
 
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Since the sizings were so big preflop (by both you and villain), I would just jam my entire range on this flop. Villain's range is already very strong, so he's never folding hands like 99-QQ, KQ/KJs/KTs, any draw, etc. I don't like giving free cards on this flop when the pot is already set up this big.
 
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I jam flop as played.

So little behind. Wouldnt expect villain to fold AK/KQ ever and expect calls from QQ/JJ often.

Unlucky!
 
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tough spot think it is a cooler opponent calling no matter what preflop maybe all in flop here wins the only chance small pot instead of losing a big pot but where is the crystal ball unlucky
 
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You guys (all responses) are being all too kind.

Dude, you raised to 20bbs pf (54bb effective) THEN on the flop you want to play deceptively?!?! Literally blew my mind. You created SPR 1:1 to fold? Since villain called pf, he or she is strong enough to call all your gii range on the flop (AK, KQs, AA-JJ).

THERE IS ZERO REASON TO ALLOW VILLAIN TO REALIZE equity AND PLAY PERFECT POKER AGAINST YOUR A-A.

Does that make sense? If it doesnt then fold all AA pf to make your post flop decisions easier.
 
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I agree with you, I hate the way I played the hand. What am I letting him catch up to? A set or a flush? I didn't look at the SPR when I checked back the turn. Just one of those spots I took a dumb line, and decided to post it here so I don't do it again!
 
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You guys (all responses) are being all too kind.

Dude, you raised to 20bbs pf (54bb effective) THEN on the flop you want to play deceptively?!?! Literally blew my mind. You created SPR 1:1 to fold? Since villain called pf, he or she is strong enough to call all your gii range on the flop (AK, KQs, AA-JJ).

THERE IS ZERO REASON TO ALLOW VILLAIN TO REALIZE EQUITY AND PLAY PERFECT POKER AGAINST YOUR A-A.

Does that make sense? If it doesnt then fold all AA pf to make your post flop decisions easier.

This does make sense. However, I think the villian is calling anything down and the results are the same. So its rather unlucky. The only way you are getting away from this is by checking back on the turn, which really is not a bad play considering the way it ran out. He could have easily hit any of the sets or turned 2 pair. Then maybe he checks the river hoping you bet and you get s free check and lose the minimum.
 
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I have to tell you that you need to stay posittive and not let it influence your future game pal, it is a bad beat but dont beat yourself about it, im sure that sometimes you will the one to beat a pocket pair of aces :) so, stay positive dude :) gl
 
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I think if u went all in preflop he would call resulting in you losing instantly. Only thing you could’ve done better was raise all in after the flop and hope that he would’ve folded the jacks since the king was there. But he may have still called there also. All in all ‘‘twas a bad beat.
 
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Your check is not completely bad! but with the HUGE pot, you can comfortably jam because a. you can kick out possible 2 pairs, set, open ender on the turn b. Fold Small pocket pair c. he's already priced in so it doesn;t matter :D Better luck next time!!
 
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Checking into a huge pot can be very dangerous. Shove baby shove, there's enough in the pot already.
 
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I jam

I definitely jam the flop as villain might get away on flop as he might put you on AK. If he doesnt put you on AK, KK, or AA then he is calling anyway and you are losing no matter what, but the pot is already big enough to get good value from just jamming the flop. Also the range of hands he is calling with are probably down to AK, QQ, JJ and KQ suited and maybe !010, as KK probably would have just reshoved preflop. So a shove makes perfect sense here on the flop as more than likely he hit the flop pretty good. A shove on the flop is the only way you win this hand, other than that its cooler city.
 
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