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Originally Posted by Guma

I would be interested in hearing how the preflop betting went, and what the circumstances were concerning the tournament and where you were at in the tournament, chips, time, blinds, position...

I love this part....IMO...lol There is too much preflop betting going on. Getting everything in with AA is great, but why not do it after the flop, at least sometimes. You gain more information from your opponents and although it may be hard to do, you can lay down that AA once in a while. Granted in both cases they didn't fill up until the river so based on player information could you have scared them off the pot with betting post flop?

Umm, there was no option to play post flop. In both cases it was mid tournament, I don't remember exactly all the details, they aren't too important since both scenarios were pretty similar. I had average or better chipstack, raised preflop, got reraised all in by someone with a bigger chipstack who had sooooted paint (KJ and KQ) and they pull a miracle out of their a$$ on the river to fill their straight flush. There was no option to lay it down unless you think I should have because I was reraised all in pre-flop, but I don't see anyone doing that unless they are a certified psychic or psycho. That's exactly the scenario you want pre-flop IMO.