$50 HUSNG -- I have Aces. My opponent has?

[guitarizt]

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Comments on my thought process?
Nichomacheo

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That's too ugly of a flop to get cute with. Your hand is not likely to improve and his is. I still like a reraise on the flop. He could have easily had an overpair. If I put him on something like QsXs then I reraise big because I want as much money in the pot as possible on the flop. Since I doubt he puts you on aces he might think his high card is live.

[Manimal 42]

I'm wondering about how to play AA in heads up as well. I had a similar hand where I raised 3xBB, held the A to the flush draw and lost a ton of chips to some one calling w/84s
to river a flush.

With a fairly loose opponent should the move be to blast him out preflop with a big bet (5xsBB? More??) and win your small pot rather then lose a big one to two pair of cheese or worse?

[BigBiceps]

He either has 3 twos or a small flush and is protecting his hand against a larger flush draw.

Fold to the overbet.

[Nichomacheo]

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Comments on my thought process?
Nichomacheo

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That's too ugly of a flop to get cute with. Your hand is not likely to improve and his is. I still like a reraise on the flop. He could have easily had an overpair. If I put him on something like QsXs then I reraise big because I want as much money in the pot as possible on the flop. Since I doubt he puts you on aces he might think his high card is live.

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I raised preflop, so its unlikely he has a 2 or 3 here. There is a remote possibility he has 23/34/A3, but if thats the case, I'm going to go broke on the turn regardless. You cant fear those threes. What I am afraid of is a flush draw. Given that I have one, he has two, and two are on the board, there are 8 that can fall on the turn. I'm not THAT vulnerable to it.

I think feigning weakness and having him play accordingly is the best way to go.

But I'm tricky.

Nichomacheo