This question is about my post flop processes, not the unending “How to play AA” ad nauseum posts.
The game is 1-3 live NL. Caveat: been playing online exclusively last 16 mo.’s, easing back in to live play, 2nd outing. The game is playing fairly deep stacked, I had just lost a big hand (45bbs) AK top-two over QT flopped straight. Still have 103bb’s. UTG has just sat down 5 min. ago, has about the same. EP2 and BB have more, so 103bb is effective stack.
I only bring up previous hand because it factored into my thinking and I wonder if I was on quiet tilt (the only kind of tilt I have).
I’m in SB with AA, UTG raises to 5bb, Ep2 calls, I reraise to 16 bb’s. BB thinks awhile then flat calls. Utg folds, ep2 calls.
Thinking: I usually repop to 20 bb’s here, but thought it might look like I’m on tilt from previous hand (though I wasn’t, I got away from it and he flashed his hand to me, so I’m feeling pretty good I think) and UTG would come over the top. Think the flat call by BB killed any chance of that.
Pot: 53 BB
I have 87 BB (effective stack). Flop is Q52, all clubs. My AA is heart and spade.
Now I’m thinking, slightly card wise if one of callers playing 2 suited cards, and most likely a suited A with a 16bb reraise, obviously clubs or diamonds. But equally likely would be Ac with maybe K of another suit with nut flush draw. Draw much more likely than flopping a flush.
My biggest fear was actually a flopped set of QQ by BB, though mine looked enough like a squeeze I thought at least 50-50 he would have come over the top. Checking seemed like an idiot move, if I check raise a big bet I’m giving odds to a draw, or I’m giving a free card. And a ¾ or pot-sized bet, with stack sizes, what am I going to do if I get raised, fold? Raised by a flush draw or even AQ ( it is 1-3 after all).
With 2 players I remember that changes pot-commitment some, but still I have SPR of 1.6 : 1 so I shove. Some guys just can’t fold nut flush draws, and might figure their Ac is an over card if I have KK.
Was shoving nuts with that flop against 2 callers. I honestly wasn’t sure what to do. Figured I would err on side of aggression if I was going to err.
But, right on wrong, was my thinking sound?
Thanks for reading, kind of long. JC