$4.40 Stars AA hand - chiplead

[TheCutter]

I was wondering if I should have raised more preflop with this hand, and maybe more/less on the flop? I was afraid of the flop so I bet enough to scare the draws out (I tried).

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Button (t1325)
SB (t1120)
BB (t2055)
UTG (t2725)
UTG+1 (t2515)
MP1 (t2740)
Hero (t7250)
MP3 (t2195)
CO (t4550)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t200</font>, UTG+1 calls t200, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t600</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Button calls t600, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG calls t400, UTG+1 folds.

Flop: (t2150) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t750</font>

[grafyx]

Yes, raise more preflop. I'd make it 1000-1200.

You only bet 1/3 of the pot on the flop. That's not scaring anyone.

[AndreasQ]

I raise to 1000 preflop and push the flop.

First post. Whoo Hooo!

[r987r]

you gotta raise a lot more PF... he just min bet UTG... he will probably call a 1500 raise (although i would raise to 1000-1200). Based on their stack sizes left, i just push it all in

[Stonewalled]

I think the pre-flop re-raise was within an acceptable range, though I would have probably made it more like 600-800 to make the odds worse for the original callers and to discourage a multi-way pot.

On the flop, I would bet 40-60% of the pot, so I think your bet was a little low.

Edit: After looking at other posts, I'm changing my post. The preflop re-raise was too low, and not "within acceptable range." You allowed the possibility that it would be ~3:1 back to original callers, which is too high. I would like it to be less than 2:1 back to the original callers, so I would re-raise at least 800, and probably more like 1000.