how would you play A-A

obviously its the best hand in the game, and obviously it depends on the table.

but suppose its a really tight table... started off a few 100 people, now down to final 6 and top 5 place in the money....
most times any1 raises, most of the people fold... but most of the people also try to limp in to see the flop

so your the 1st to act (after the blinds posted), what would you recommend doing? i mean, if i raise too much, most people might fold.... but at the same time, if i dont raise at all, somebody sitting with a 2-9, could catch a great flop of 2-9-j, and all of a sudden beat my A-A

that question seems a little too vague....
so more directly, what would you guys recommend is a good raise level, where you scare out the total crap hands, but make sure you get some action going so that you dont waste an A-A getting only blinds?

a friend told me 3 times the blind is a decent choice but once you get that close to final placing, people tend to fold a lot faster (+ the blinds are a lot higher by now too)...... any suggestions?

You could always just call the blinds, and wait for someone to try and buy the pot pre-flop, then raise them even more.

I still say about 3 to 4 times the big blind at a normal table.....at a REALLY tight table I would do maybe 2.5 to 3 times the big blind..You gotta figure that the BB is going to call if he has any type of hand to protect his blind ( especially if the blinds are a big relative to the size of his stack)...if everyone folds so be it. The last thing you want to do is go out on the bubble with AA in an unraised pot. You MUST raise here. I think 2xbb is too low here. It is always better to win a small pot than to lose a large one. Another reason you raise a little bigger at even a tight table is to try and represent a steal. If someone thinks that you are stealing they may try a re-steal by pushing all their chips and then you got em. Of course going all in here is a little risky, even with AA, considering the stakes.

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Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.

The key to aces is to raise. Never slow play pocket aces or kings. It will only lead to trouble. (For exactly the same reason you mentioned, BB can check with 10 4 and possibly catch two pair; thereby making your rockets or cowboys in a terrible terrible spot.)

As for the amount in the situation you mentioned, it depends on the amount of chips you have in comparision to however many everyone else has.

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aces are the best starting hand preflop, winning about 10 percent of the time, but like aro said u gotta raise so no1 limps in with a far inferior hand and catches 2 pair or a low straight of flush on you.

Really, it all depends on the situation and the players at the table. It depends on everyone's chip stacks, all positions, and every players style of playing. These are all things you have to look into for EVERY hand, not just AA. After I have that out of the way, if you have tight players, 2-3 times the BB is decent. With AA, you want calls, but probably not every player calling because then there will be a lot players drawing and that could be dangerous. You just have to feel out the situation. I know it sucks if you raise and every single player folds, but remember, its better to win a small hand than lose a big hand.

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When you are shorthanded like in your example, any raise could possibly scare everyone out. It really works in your favor if someone else catches a decent enough hand to call you (or of they think you're outright bluffing). When it comes down to it, you hope that someone is sucker enough to stay in it with you, but as you've heard many times i'm sure, aces will either win you a small pot or lose you a big one

i play it aggressively, usually all in

Ring game or tourney differs. Position , chips stack but most of the time raise but not too much that everyone folds. Unless the blinds are big enough to steal. But enough so that you dont get too many callers. Also how the table has been playing before that. A loose table will require a larger raise or even an all in to get all the loose players to step aside. By chance that someone reraises you when you have pocket aces then i only see one action and thats to push it all in without delay.