10NL Playing AA Too Strong? Help!

[Rant]

I had a couple of AA hands in my last session that I need some help with. I suspect I'm playing them too strongly. Help is appreciated.

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Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.05/$0.10
8 players
Converter (http://www.neildewhurst.com/hand-converter)

Stack sizes:
UTG: $9.95
UTG+1: $11.05
MP1: $9.10
MP2: $3.90
CO: $10
Rant2112: $15.70
SB: $4.40
BB: $4.35

Pre-flop: (8 players) Rant2112 is Button with A/images/graemlins/club.gif A/images/graemlins/spade.gif
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, 2 folds, <font color="#cc0000">CO raises to $0.55</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Rant2112 raises to $1.5</font>, 4 folds, CO calls.
<font color="#0000cc">I'm pretty comfortable with this reraise.</font>

Flop: 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif ($3.35, 2 players)
CO checks, <font color="#cc0000">Rant2112 bets $2</font>, CO calls.
<font color="#0000cc">Is this bet too big? The board is not very scary so maybe it would be better to bet more like 1/3-1/2 the pot? At the time I was hoping the preF raiser had a big pair and would pay me. Maybe I'll get more callers with a smaller bet and also save $ when I'm beat?</font>

Turn: 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif ($7.35, 2 players)
CO checks, <font color="#cc0000">Rant2112 bets $6.5</font>, <font color="#cc0000">CO calls all-in $6.5</font>.
<font color="#0000cc">Should I bet suspicious when he calls my decent flop bet and then checks the river with the board and preF raise? He's pretty unlikely to be on a draw and maybe more likely to be trapping/letting me hang myself? There are some more draws now but none that are likely for a preF raiser. At the time I was still hoping he had KK-TT and he'd pay me off.</font>

River: K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif ($20.35, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $20.35)


Results:
Final pot: $20.35

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Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.05/$0.10
9 players
Converter (http://www.neildewhurst.com/hand-converter)

Stack sizes:
UTG: $3.80
UTG+1: $4
Rant2112: $10
MP2: $4.35
MP3: $4
CO: $10.35
Button: $10.90
SB: $10
BB: $4

Pre-flop: (9 players) Rant2112 is MP1 with A/images/graemlins/club.gif A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif
UTG, folds, UTG+1 (poster) checks, <font color="#cc0000">Rant2112 raises to $0.4</font>, 5 folds, BB calls, UTG+1 calls.

Flop: 9/images/graemlins/club.gif 7/images/graemlins/club.gif 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif ($1.25, 3 players)
<font color="#cc0000">BB bets $0.5</font>, UTG+1 folds, <font color="#cc0000">Rant2112 raises to $2.75</font>, <font color="#cc0000">BB raises all-in $3.6</font>, Rant2112 calls.
<font color="#0000cc">I think my raise here was too big. The board is very draw heavy though and I wanted to get rid of flush and straight draws. Looking back I should have probably folded to the reraise. It is hard at these tiny stakes because players are really weird. I wouldn't be surprised to see this play from BB with a straight or flush draw. On the other hand he's betting pretty strong over a raise so I should respect that?</font>

Turn: 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif ($8.45, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $8.45)


River: A/images/graemlins/spade.gif ($8.45, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $8.45)


Results:
Final pot: $8.45

[BishopsFinger]

i prolly bet 2.25 - 2.5 on the first hand on the flop and raise slightly more pf.

other than that i play them both absolutely the same.

[barryc83]

standard, you played them well. might wanna post this in FR.

1) dont fold AA in a RR pot at 10nl.

2) dont fold AA to a shortstack.

[DMBFan23]

I probably raise only slightly more preflop in both cases, and I might bet a little more on the flop in hand 1. These seem like quibbles though and really I think these are both fine.

[kewl_cph]

Two very well played hands.

Hand 1: The flop bet is fine for a 3-bet pot and sets you up nicely for a turn push.

Hand 2: You're going to raise the flop and against a deeper stacked villian you might raise less. But against a short stack you're calling pretty much anything he bets on the turn regardless of what comes if you just make your "normal" raise, so you might as well put him all-in now.

[Capitan23]

you played them right. Betting like 1/2 pot in the first hand would be a bad move, its a great way to let people draw out on you.

[HighSteaks]

The board shows nothing on the first one so to me you're trying as much as possible to make it look like a continuation bet, so a little more 2.25, 2.50 - other than that I do much the same.

[Rant]

For those curious about the result:

In hand one villain has pocket 8s for a set, beating my overpair AA.

In hand two villain flopped a straight but I runner runner a full house so things work out. 8)