Big hand with Big Pot. How'd I play this?

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Big hand with Big Pot. How'd I play this?

Blinds: $0.05/$0.10 (6 Players) MP: $20.83
CO: $13.16 (Hero)
BN: $10.02
SB: $10.00
BB: $10.27
UTG: $10.00
Preflop ($0.15) Hero is CO with A A
UTG raises to $0.24, MP folds, Hero calls $0.24, BN calls $0.24, 2 folds
Flop ($0.87) J Q A
UTG bets $0.30, Hero calls $0.30, BN calls $0.30
Turn ($1.77) J Q A 8
UTG bets $1.26, Hero calls $1.26, BN calls $1.26
River ($5.55) J Q A 8 4
UTG bets $3.48, Hero raises to $11.36 and is all in, BN calls $8.22 and is all in, UTG folds

Hey guys,

The reads on the opponents:

UTG is new to the table, but he seems like a passive kind of rec. Just calling.
BU is a calling station who's can seems a bit aggro at times.

Just looking to see how I played this hand. The idea behind calling was to keep the station behind me in and present a low strength hand to the passive rec.

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Hawkish 8 months ago

I get the desire to keep the bad player in, but you have to get AA heads up preflop. Calling CO is an invitation to have a five way pot, which you don't want with AA. 3B to $1.10. I wouldn't overthink it. Get a bigger pot, in position, and thin the field down to heads up or so.

As played, the BU was along for the trip the whole way so perhaps you'd have been OOP to him throughout the hand even if you repopped it preflop. Flop hits UTG range hard, so you should be raising there and getting the money in, especially after the big bet on the dry turn.

velocity89 7 months ago

Raise pre always,thats a rookie mistake.

As played, raise flop. There are many action killer/bad turn cards, he is calling anyway,. He had 9T right?

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