Hey,
I was playing a live tournament in my hometown (so I knew a lot of the players I was playing with) and woke up with Aces in the late stages of the game. The hand played out as followed...
Hero: A 
A 
UTG: x x
UTG raised 2.5x
everyone folded and I decides to call in the big blind, because I knew that if he had a pocket pair and I just call him he is more likely to push on the flop regardless of hitting a set.
So I called from the big blind with aces.
Flop came:
8x 6x 5x
Hero (BB) checks
UTG pushes all in
Hero (BB) calls
UTG shows: 7x 7x
The board played out and he hit a set on the river and I lost 85% of my stack. I was the chip leader before that hand and he was second in chips. I figured that if I get him to put his chips all in on the flop I will be able to basically increase my chip stack that much, that I will move to the final table with 60% of the chips in play.
Should I have played this hand differently considering stack sizes and the stage of the tournament? I figured to try and get max value from the aces and try and trap him. If I would have pushed on the flop, what was the likely hood of him calling? And also what is the likely hood of him calling a big raise preflop and folding to that flop preflop?
I generally am just interested in what way is the best way to play hands like that. It may seem unorthodox how my opponent played the hand, but it has to be noted, that I knew that he was overly aggressive in late stages of the game.
Regards
Germany5590
However, this thread was created in the Discussion Forums, but it should rightfully belong in the hand evaluation forums. (you will see it as a subforum). I will move it there now. Just want to flag that so you will create it in the proper section next time and so that our awesome hand judges can see it and comment on it 
