AA hand - Played right?

[TheDLee]

Thanks for all the input folks.

I've definitely come to the conlcusion that this was a bad play by me and glad it turned out the way it did or I'd probably never looked at it again.

The result was :

Player calls showing

Turn  River 

So despite getting desperately unlucky, I think the only way this hand wasn't going all the way would have been a bigger pre-flop raise.

Oh and I am dropping the check in the dark - Maybe a first post flop bet may make them think AK....

[AlexMartin]

Thanks for all the input folks.

I've definitely come to the conlcusion that this was a bad play by me and glad it turned out the way it did or I'd probably never looked at it again.

The result was :

Player calls showing

Turn  River 

So despite getting desperately unlucky, I think the only way this hand wasn't going all the way would have been a bigger pre-flop raise.

Oh and I am dropping the check in the dark - Maybe a first post flop bet may make them think AK....

 You seem to be a bit results oriented in your thinking. It was mighty fine play, in a vacuum against this particular opponent. Look how bad you got his money in pal!!!!

You played it optimally, you got all his money in drawing to 5 outs. Thats pretty much christmas in the poker world.

[LuckyLloyd]

With these stacks and oop, my default is to flatcall the raise and CRAI on almost every flop. Though I wouldn't bet dark.

Stacks are awkward in that any 3 - bet you make essentially commits yourself to the pot and screams strength. Additionally, these days people continuation bet far too liberally so I like to take advantage of that. A checkraise all - in on the flop in this type of scenario seems to work very well in lowstakes tournaments because:

- it annoys people;
- one pair talks itself into a call a lot on the basis that "you're at it";

So yeah. That's what I would do. However, the original poster should realise that he got his money in very well and was unlucky to be outdrawn. Avoiding the dark check is always good.

[Sunday8pm]

With these stacks and oop, my default is to flatcall the raise and CRAI on almost every flop. Though I wouldn't bet dark.

Stacks are awkward in that any 3 - bet you make essentially commits yourself to the pot and screams strength. Additionally, these days people continuation bet far too liberally so I like to take advantage of that. A checkraise all - in on the flop in this type of scenario seems to work very well in lowstakes tournaments because:

- it annoys people;
- one pair talks itself into a call a lot on the basis that "you're at it";

So yeah. That's what I would do. However, the original poster should realise that he got his money in very well and was unlucky to be outdrawn. Avoiding the dark check is always good.

completely 1000000% correct