pocket AA

pocket aces aren't being very friendly to me today so far. ive played three tournaments and they have been involved in my early demise all three times.

1st tournament i had them in the big blind and reraised the limpers a decent amount. one guy calls. flop comes QJx. i bet out, the caller reraises me all in. i think he has AQ or KQ and i think he thinks i have AK was making a continuation bet and doesn't realize how strong i was and this is a good time to double up. i dont have him on two pair, trips or a straight draw although trips might be possible. i call (of course) and he has KQ. turn is a blank and river is a Q, and just like that i'm out in 10th. i got exactly what i wanted here which was to have someone over play their top pair decent kicker. he got lucky,but if i keep getting in good ot pays off in the end.

2nd tournament i was shortstacked after my trip 7s had a straight rivered on them by a 45 who was chasing his flush. i had built my stack up from 145 back to 7xx and got pocket 99. since i had less than 10x the blind, i pushed to try and get the blinds from the table. i guy calls my push and another guy pushes all in over the top, and original caller, calls off his chips. one has AQ and the other has AA. the AA holds up and we are both out, me in 8th. honestly nothing i could do here. i can't fold 99 preflop when im in middle position and less than 10x the big blind. i got unlucky to run into a big hand, and at least i had a chance to bust his aces by being in the pot.

3rd tournament i had AA in small blind, with blinds at 100/200. big blind is shortstacked and im pretty sure he is going all in with this hand on any two cards. one player raises to 400, all else fold to me and i bump it to 800, big blind calls off all his chips and is all in other player calls. flop comes Kxx with two clubs. i check, other player checks. turn card is a club. i check, player bets, so i push over the top thinking he hit the K and doesn't want me drawing to a flush for free if i have a club. he did hit the K, but didn't have AK/KQ. this time he had KK and tripped up on the flop. i'm not sure how i can get away from this hand unless i think he has the flush. went out 6th in this one.

im not tilting, just thought it was interesting that all these early exits had AA as a starring role. the good news is, it should be about my turn for AA to hold up.

back to the felt.
peace and love and happiness to all.
kk

ps. Mom, i hope you feel better soon. love you!