Aces preflop with an aggressive player to act behind, no limit cash

Im quite weak when it comes to Aces preflop so I would have raised as I wouldn’t want 5 people on the pot if SB didn’t raise. I’m sure if you’re a more competent post flop player with better reads than me then calling would represent a bigger risk, but a possible better return.

raise the [censored] up imho.

Unless the sb is really a maniac I think I would repop this without thinking about it. Hes been quite recklessly with the repops from sb, so he will prolly tune it down a bit. Plus there are 3 people in the raised pot alrdy, someone will have a hand to call your reraise maybe, or might think you are trying some kind of steal if you make a big reraise.

sure it would really rock if you just smooth call and the sb repops and you get to repop once more but for that rather small % and the fact that everybody will probably know what you are doin if you just call and then 4bet all in or reraise big.

reraise so much that low pairs dont get the odds to try for set and get it all in no matter what if you get callers =)

just my opinion

I voted raise like most who answered.

If you flatcall and SB doesnt raise, you cant expect to win the hand. So in this case you loose 155$

If you flatcall you migth have a chance of taking down somethong like another 200, 500 or 1200$, depending on wheather UTG folds, calls or 4-bets.

I see that there migth be a +EV if you really think that SB will raise like 30% of the time or more, but it really requires a strong read. Even an aggressive preflop player could be intimidated by all this action.
Also, in spite of the image differences, UTG probably gives you action with a significant percentage of those he would give SB action with. So you cant rule out winning more than the 120$ on the table if you raise.

I hate getting too tricky preflop when the pot is somewhat build and you have AA.

I would absolutely raise and I would do it quickly.
None of the dramatic stare downs and thinking about it.
I would truly be hoping he gets aggressive enough to come at me hard so I could re-raise him. Unless he has his bank card with him he is going to want to think about his next move.
AA is a great time to quite down an aggressive player on your left.

I voted call. It’s risky, but one of the advantages for us if he were to reraise is that we get to see what everyone else does before we act again. If everyone else folds, we have the option of smooth calling again. If we get callers we can repop, and if there’s a 4-bet, jackpot.

The most important reason I’m calling however is that we need to show this SOB that he can’t squeeze every motherloving time. If we’re on the button with a hand like 87s with a raise and a call in front of us, we want to be able to call and see a flop.

Raise to not less than $120 - You’re still giving a reasonably strong hand 3 to 2 odds to make the call but you’re eliminating the really speculative holdings. I just never want to play Aces in the hole against more than one player. The smooth call followed by the small blind folding lost a pot that stood a better than 50/50 chance of winning even with the unfriendly flop if the field was thinner to begin with.

Gotta raise, no question. Cant waste your aces hoping that the SB plays this particular hand like a fool out of position. Make your money while you got the goods. AA 5 handed is nothing but disappointment waiting to happen. Theres a fair amount in there, and a good amount more to be won if you narrow down the field.

Raise, raise, raise. The reasons have already been stated. No way you can play AA 5-handed and expect to win consistently.

Personally I’d push. You only have a $100 stack, with 5 players in the pot, including a raiser in early position, so there is a good chance of at least 1 call and even if there isn’t a call, the pot is $120 which is just more than a double up. I noticed someone above said to raise to no less than $120, but it helps if you actually have $120 doesn’t it. I think a call is too high risk with so many players here, there is no point in trying to be tricky and clever on the short stack in my opinion. Just be direct and make them pay through the nose if they are feeling lucky, don’t let them suckout on you by letting them see a cheap flop, because we REALLY don’t want that do we.

Ok my mistake, I said about pushing with a $100 stack, I’ve just seen a thread with this hand on it that shows we actually have a stack of $1008. I can’t see the 8 on this page.
Still though, pop over the top and don’t mess about being fancy.

Yay! ALL IN!!!

a call is just no good at all,ever

raise and raise big. big enough that everyone folds or one idiot decides to keep you honest. raise to $300 or more. raise. absolutely raise.

Counting on the SB to put on the squeeze for you when he has yet to do this from the SB is foolish. Just because someone runs a lot of aggressive steal attempts in middle or late position doesn’t mean they are going to run them from the SB.

Also, you have a raise from UTG +1, a strong play in and of itself, with a couple callers. When you raise it up from the button, it will look like you are the one running the squeeze and trying to steal this pot.

I’d raise to $100 or more and hope UTG+1 has a strong enough hand to come over the top with, and trim away the callers in between.

I voted raise.

I am not sure the SB will pop it often enough here to make a smooth call profitable, and a 5-6way pot is a real disappointment when you have aces on the button. On the other hand, you know raising with aces is quite profitable.