Just wanted some opinions on how i could have if possible played this hand any better. The game is 1/2 no limit (plays like 2/5) 4 out of 9 players players have $1,200+ in front of them. The hand begins folded to me whereIm in the cutoff with As/Ad. I open to $20 (1,300 effective). Folds to small blind (plays to many hands) who jams for $75 BB repops to $200 (aggressive when in position player) he has $1000 back .and now its back to me with a serious decision with two aces. A less than than 3 x raise does not scream kings to me so i put him on QQ or AK suited. I end up putting in a 5 bet to $650 and he tank folds after standing up. Should i have flatted? The board runs out clean for AA. 10/9/2/6/6 rainbow. Whats the optimal play here when facing a 4 bet ? Any advice is greatly appreciated.
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Others have pointed out that we do not want AA to look like AA so their advice is good as to how to disguise your hand.
You stated that the BB was agg with position.
Does that mean they were passive OOP?
Does it mean they are more likely to fold to our 5 bet as we have POS on them?
What range of hands would that type of Villain 4 bet fold?
What is the best way to extract max value from that range vs this player?
The shove or the smooth call?
Could this BB not have raised QQ-99 AK-AQ AKs-AJs?
Could this less than 3x raise be an ISO raise?
In hindsight if your range is correct AK QQ why would you expect BB to pot commit themselves with those hands OOP when BB was passive OOP?
If BB calls your raise there is 1375 ish in the pot with BB having 575 left. BB has no fold
equity preflop now and none on most flops either. BB has to think they are 50/50 at best with either of those hands.
Just some thoughts to consider. We want to tailor our strategies to our villain types so we need to take the data we have and analyze it well.
Hope this helps