Badly played Aces?

[happyhornet]

This is a hand from last night's focus game where Chess relieved me of a vast proportion of my stack:cry. ***** Hand 760514275 ***** 10.00/20.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 21 September 2007 20:11:30 PL Festival League (Real /Tournament ) Seat 1: pl---GaF (2170.00) Seat 2: chess- (2790.00) Seat 3: staffydog (2960.00) Seat 4: hornet01 (2760.00) Seat 5: 1borokp (2890.00) Seat 6: bluepenn (4020.00) Seat 7: Adelita (2830.00) Seat 8: PL-Lady (3640.00) Seat 9: Coach73 (2940.00) staffydog post SB 10.00 hornet01 post BB 20.00 ** Deal ** pl---GaF [N/A, N/A] chess- [N/A, N/A] staffydog [N/A, N/A] hornet01 [As, Ah] 1borokp [N/A, N/A] bluepenn [N/A, N/A] Adelita [N/A, N/A] PL-Lady [N/A, N/A] Coach73 [N/A, N/A] *** Bet Round 1 *** 1borokp Fold bluepenn Fold Adelita Fold PL-Lady Fold Coach73 Fold pl---GaF Fold chess- Raise to 100.00 staffydog Call 100.00 hornet01 Raise to 300.00 chess- Call 300.00 staffydog Call 300.00 *** Flop(Board): *** : [3d, 4s, 8h] *** Bet Round 2 *** staffydog Check hornet01 Bet 500.00 chess- Call 500.00 staffydog Call 500.00 *** Turn(Board): *** : [3d, 4s, 8h, 5c] *** Bet Round 3 *** staffydog Check hornet01 Bet 760.00 chess- Call 760.00 staffydog Fold *** River(Board): *** : [3d, 4s, 8h, 5c, 3h] *** Bet Round 4 *** hornet01 Check chess- Bet 860.00 hornet01 Call 860.00 *** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.00 Total Pot: 5640.00 pl---GaF Fold Win: 0.00 chess- [8s, 8c] Full house Win: 5640.00 staffydog Fold Win: 0.00 hornet01 Fold Win: 0.00 1borokp Fold Win: 0.00 bluepenn Fold Win: 0.00 Adelita Fold Win: 0.00 Before I ask you to disect my play, my thinking was that Chess' 5xBB raise and Staffy's subsequent call meant they had a good high pair 9's to KK, AK or AQ. All my actions on the flop and the turn were designed to sweeten the pot and not frighten them off the pot. I only feared a picture card. My check call on the river was down to complete confusion. Should I have played it differently? Should I have considered the set at any point (which I clearly didn't!!)? Thanks in advance Steve:ok

[Glen1000]

Re: Badly played Aces? I would raise it to 600-700 pre flop. I'm happy to take the pot there and then. If Chess calls (which I'm not sure). Then I'm getting it all in on that flop. As you're not re-raise on the flop I would discount AK, QQ & KK. In hindsight the check call on the flop and turn looks like a set. UL;) p.s I usually play cash and one pair by the river is never enough