What you really need to do is what all and none of the previous people are saying.
Develope a standard of play that works for you:
this standard will include;
type of game
number of players
buy-in
position on table
previous playes by other players on table (take notes)
stack size (yours and theres)
how close to payout
oh, and track the sucess of your set choices and change them if they don’t work a fair % of the time.
as getting beat out with slow playing poket AA thats what your asking for.
I bet if you had kept track most of the time you were beat by face card rag and small poket pairs that filled.
In tourneys you want to get money in the pot preflop with 2 or less callers.
3-5 BB to vary your play, but 3 BB with AA is good as you don’t want everyone to fold.
The next important thing to note is the texture of the flop.
-Check for straight draw possibilities
-Flush possibilities
-Flops that may need the villian more time to catch up before betting out etc
If the flop looks dangerous to you, you need to out price the draws, so if they call with a draw they are making a mistake.
Remember if you think your beaten (they made there draw on the turn/river) you can always fold if your hand didn’t improve.
Also if you got more callers than you thought, don’t be affraid to change your plan, and try to get to the showdown cheaply if you feel your beaten.
Min-raising AA UTG at a tight table is no crime (although I prefer raising 2 – 3x BB). But checking the flop after you’ve let everyone in cheap is suicide. If I got 5 people to call my min-raise, I’m raising the entire pot or more post-flop. The only time you might not wanna do this is if you catch a set on a dry flop. But scary flops are why you need to weed out the trash to begin with. You really don’t want to be in a situation where you have to raise huge in bad position on a scary flop to induce folds – that is, if no one already caught their straight, flush, set of 5s or even 2 pair.
I was BB in an unraised hand yesterday, with J4. Flop comes a J49 rainbow. I make a standard raise. Mid position goes all-in, the cutoff calls, I call. Turn is x, river 9 (not that it would have mattered). Mid pos had KJ, cutoff had J9 and a boat. The only person you would have beat with AA was the chick who went all-in the first place. Moral of the story… 3-4x raise, I fold and probably so does the cutoff.
It depends on the caliber of players around you. If the buy in is low your probably playing with donks that will call anything to get a flush or something. And im not saying anything is rigged online but id be careful with AA. try betting more prefolp to get folds and if nothing looks good on the flop Id be willing to bet that you have the hand so bet more. I dont like playing AA to the river because people usually beat a pair if their calling raises like that.
your goal should be to play them, only concentrate on that.
if you know no -one will call your raise – just limp.
if you know you are gonna get action- raise the amount needed to get max 2 callers….
if you have ballsy players looking to play- raise big- this will disguise your strength.
if you are under the gun at late levels- always raise, don’t limp.
if you are at the big blind with them, bet the amount to get 1 caller, if there were several players all-in before you, it might be best to fold them.
in anyway- play the players while holding them- it’s also a poker art of itself.
Playing Pocket Rockets can be a tricky thing to do properly. The more you play, the more you see them get sucked out on by a mid pocket pair, or suited connectors. But raising too much preflop scares everyone away and you get no value on a hand you been waiting all session for. I believe the biggest factor on how to raise preflop is by knowing your opponents. Do you have an opponent that has been a call machine? Or is 3-4x a big blind bet going to scare everyone away? Is there someone at the table who has been raising frequently and will do the dirty work for you preflop if u just limp in (hand positioning is crucial), then come over with a raise (that way u at least have their raise in grasps) There are manyy factors that contribute how to play them, but I am highly against just limping in or making a minimal raise, DONT let people see FREE cards. I like to check after the flop to let ur opponent take their fate into their own hands, then push the action on the turn and river.
and as with any hands….dominance is merely an illusion..any two cards can win…may the poker gods be with you!

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