[TBone]

You have to raise that preflop at this level. You've got a great hand preflop, and you need to get people out of the hand that have K6o or whatever SB had. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Anyone saying not to raise preflop is way too tight. AQ loses a lot of its strength when there are 8 players in the pot.

Good move on the flop betting (you can't check this flop as someone else suggested) and 3-betting, trying to get people to call 2 more cold--not to mention you're probably ahead here. Unfortunately in this case, (and fortunately over the long term) they're donkeys and both called.

Giving free cards is no good, but betting here isn't going to knock anyone with any piece of the 4 cards out there out. And you have to wonder if UTG will checkraise again. Turn's fine.

River's fine. You're beat, but the pot's too big to fold.

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