[frommagio]

I can't figure out what you're mystified about - nothing unusual here at all. Sounds like you ran into a tight, aggressive player who simply steamrolled you!

Lots of good players limp AA, hoping to get in a big reraise preflop. And once he flopped top set and there's a flush draw out there, he gave you some rope to see if you would hang yourself - and you jumped right in.

He played you like a fiddle .... and now he even has you thinking about marked cards, instead of thinking about your game. Totally owned, and the ownership continues!