I think you can see his motivation for pushing here though. He is clearly worried that you have a hand and may stack him because you're the only person at the table who can (he knows he's not gonna lay down AA) so he pushes to defend his hand. I orginally thought he was pushing to get you off of your hand with a draw (he didn't want to lose his dominance over the table) but now i realise he was trying to get you off of your hand because he's worried about losing his stack to it. Something to remember for next time i think.
of course...the push by AA guy is a great move. he gives you the chance to raise pre-flop and hit a card and then he says "You've hit your shitty little hand but tyat's enough now. No funny business. If you want to hit trips or two pair you're gonna have to pay for it" This is the way to play aces IMO...Aces should never ever ever be slow played untill the river.
i disagree boldie, i think as long as you know where you stand in the hand with AA you can play down the streets obv provided the board isn't too scary, all too often these days players play their AA to the flop and END it there, this imo is giving away so much +ev its untrue. In this instance if i were the AA man i would flat call and let the KQ hang themselves on the turn. For all the AA man knew the sb couldve had anything and just made a continuation bet here and therefore pass to his re-raise
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