$Freeroll NLHE MTT: AA x Aggressive villain

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You got lucky, plain and simple.

I wouldn't say you got lucky. You had the best hand since preflop and only improved. Having said that, I would probably 4-bet preflop to try to get at least one of them to fold and increase my equity.

You will lose a lot of pots by limping Aces. Doesn't matter who is at the table, never limp aces. By limping aces you are screaming to everybody that you are fish and even if this trap works, it works only one time.

I like the move, but I also think my play would have been to bet again on the flop. It worked out well for you, and I'm glad that you based it on your perception of the opponent's play. I doubt I would have gotten more action with the limp re-raise because of the opponent's holding, and you got them to go all in. I just also think the size of the pot pre-flop justifies having them lay down right then and there.

AA

Default situation, AA loses post flop equity. But it is a lot of equity to drop

AA

No limp in this spot. Raise, raise and raise ever