I ran into AA twice at the same table in 10 minutes and lost my first place stack to cooler hands. But I went on to pull back most of the chips from one and the other went tilt and didn't finish in the money. Still in it to win it but losing to Aces makes it harder, not impossible. I got mocked for pointing I wrote a book on Texas Hold'em after losing to Aces. When I called an all-in bluff with top pair Jacks on a flush board I said "I can read your mind." which was part of my information warfare campaign at the table as
I talk about in my book. I got mocked by the tilt machine that beat me with aces. I replied, "I don't need Aces." A few hands and lucky cards later I was in the middle of the pack. 30 minutes later he was busted out of the money.
