Overcomitting with AA?

[geekylucas]

I think that I am over-committing with my big pairs. I am currently reading PNL1 and am wondering if I could play this hand better.

Villain is 27/16/2.0/66. Given her raise-call action pre-flop; then flop call, I put her on AK.

On the turn, all I have is an over-pair but the board is getting drawy. My stack is roughly the same size as the pot so I pushed to protect the pot.

Thinking about my opponents range:

I am ahead of
- AK
- KQ
- QJ
- JT

I am behind
- KK
- JJ
- 66
- KJ

Am I guilty of building a big pot with only a semi-strong hand?





Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

UTG ($37.25)
MP ($5.20)
CO ($92.05)
Hero ($29.10)
SB ($24.75)
BB ($13.55)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP calls $0.25, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to $1.1</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $3.9</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP folds, CO calls $2.80.

Flop: ($8.40) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
CO checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $6</font>, CO calls $6.

Turn: ($20.40) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
CO checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $19.2 (All-In)</font>, CO calls $19.20.

River: ($58.80) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
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Final Pot: $58.80

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
CO has 6d 6s (four of a kind, sixes).
Hero has Ah Ac (two pair, aces and sixes).
Outcome: CO wins $58.80. </font>

[Iwineverypot]

You played this fine

[ddrstel]

its fine.

Not getting it in with AA here is losing value at these levels

[stickdude]

Once you 3-bet pre-flop you've crossed the commitment threshold (10% of your stack), so that's the time you need to make a commitment decision - before you continue to build a big pot on the flop. The flop is pretty ragged, so I think a decision to commit there isn't a bad one.

And of course, once you decide to commit it's just a matter of getting your chips in, which you did on the turn. Overall, I probably play it the same way - they're not always going to have a set here.