I'd rather make a large raise and win the blinds with AA than get so many callers who will outdraw me. You really want to limit the competition with monster pocket pairs because if people call with hands like 67s, JTs, 22 and hit crazy (set, straight, flush) you might go broke holding on to your Aces. Make it large enough so that only 1,2 people call. When the board looks dangerous, I actually like pushing all-in and not let them see anymore cards if they check to me. If it's like T 2 5 rainbow, then you can extract value by betting medium. That's what I think. |