Bellagio 10/20 Hand Against TV Dude (No, not wrong forum)

[Sunny Mehta]

Hi Gang,

Many of my friends in the HSNL forum have heard about this hand, but I wanted to share it here because I thought it might generate some good discussion. Please feel free to give your thoughtful replies no matter what stakes or level you play at. Let's keep this thread flame-free. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I was in a pretty good 10/20 game at the Bellagio when a semi-famous tournament "pro" sat down and made the game GREAT. He bought in deep and started raising to one and two hundred dollars every hand and then jamming all-in for 2-300bb on the flop. He ran pretty good, won a few hands, and slowed down into a slightly lower gear.

And then the following hand comes up:

First off, let's establish that his impression of "you" is that you are tight and aggressive. In fact, he's muttered something along the lines of "You're solid, but I'm not afraid of you."

You haven't entered many pots, but played aggressively preflop when you have. The only time you've shown a hand is when you raised on the button with a suited connector. (Therefore he does know that you are not a totally uncreative nit.)

You have $2.7k and he has you covered. Onto the hand...

PREFLOP:

You limp UTG with AA and he min-raises to $40. Everyone folds back around to you and you make it $240. He thinks for barely a few seconds, and calls.

FLOP:

TT6 (rainbow)


Now, I have three questions:

1) Will you consider folding your aces at any point in this hand?

2) If you answered "yes" to the first question, explain why, or explain what events would have to happen in order for you to fold (either give a specific line you would take, or a tell you would look for, etc).

3) If you answered "no" to the first question, explain why not, and explain a few ways you might proceed with the hand postflop.


I'm really curious to hear how you guys approach a situation like this. I will check in with some thoughts later.

Thanks a lot,

Sunny