AA: Any other way to play it here?

[Aisthesis]

I should probably preface this with my current "philosophy of AA": I really prefer NOT to get it in PF as a rule because I think that takes away your ability to outplay them subsequently. You're basically playing roulette more than poker on this kind of thing imo, albeit with a crooked wheel that may be slightly in your favor.

However, I REALLY don't like getting 1/3 of my stack in and then folding. That's just not going to happen. So, when that much of it goes in, I don't see much choice but simply to push PF.

My first thought here was that JJTTds was a complete idiot in opening the door to this re-raising nonsense. But in actuality, I'm guessing that while we were all around 33% here, he was the favorite if anyone was due to the fact that the two AA hands made it impossible for one another to set.

For me, I really don't see any way around this line in this situation short of just laying down, which I also can't really see on a hand that is certainly favorite over anything PF and, I'm pretty sure, never below 30% in a 3-way pot.

Since the hand converter screwed this up totally, I'll just copy it:

POKERSTARS GAME #5984496078: OMAHA POT LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/08/20 - 06:35:39 (ET)
Table 'Parthenope' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Donny Dark ($46.55 in chips)
Seat 2: Carnite ($105.70 in chips)
Seat 4: Spiff_ffipS ($124.35 in chips)
Seat 5: Me ($106.95 in chips)
Seat 6: evaFunk ($123.45 in chips)
Seat 7: VITONAP ($57.60 in chips)
Seat 8: icecoldaces ($100 in chips)
Seat 9: aeest400 ($189.70 in chips)
Me: posts small blind $0.50
evaFunk: posts big blind $1
athfshake: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Me [Js Ad Qs Ac]
VITONAP: raises $1 to $2
icecoldaces: folds
aeest400: folds
Donny Dark: calls $2
Carnite: raises $1 to $3
Spiff_ffipS: folds
Me: calls $2.50
evaFunk: folds
VITONAP: raises $12 to $15
Donny Dark: folds
Carnite: calls $12
Me: raises $48 to $63
VITONAP: calls $42.60 and is all-in
Carnite: calls $48
*** FLOP *** [8h 6d 9c]
Me: bets $43.95 and is all-in
Carnite: calls $42.70 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [8h 6d 9c]
*** RIVER *** [8h 6d 9c 7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Me: shows [Js Ad Qs Ac] (a pair of Aces)
Carnite: shows [Jh Th Tc Jc] (a flush, Jack high)
Carnite collected $96.20 from side pot
VITONAP: mucks hand
Carnite collected $172.80 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $272 Main pot $172.80. Side pot $96.20. | Rake $3
Board [8h 6d 9c 7h 3h]
Seat 1: Donny Dark folded before Flop
Seat 2: Carnite showed [Jh Th Tc Jc] and won ($269) with a flush, Jack high
Seat 4: Spiff_ffipS (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Me (small blind) showed [Js Ad Qs Ac] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: evaFunk (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: VITONAP mucked [Ah As 9s Kc]
Seat 8: icecoldaces folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: aeest400 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[Felonius_Monk]

[Aisthesis]

Yeah, it was aggravating.

I do think I could probably have improved it a little bit by maybe mini-re-raising after it got to $15. Then the other AA is going to push, Carnite probably calls (he at least should, I think, knowing at that point that he's probably facing 2 AA hands that thus can't possibly set), and we at least get it all-in PF.

[Felonius_Monk]