high pockets can be tough..... sometimes, very sometimes. but something to realize about high pockets is if the people you're up against know what they're doing, your preflop raises will only be called by pocket pairs and suited connectors/gappers. so basically if you bet the pot on the flop after a big pfr and they call, you need to start toying with the idea that you're beat.

But, let's be honest with ourselves. if you have AA and flop comes xxx and someone has a set, your stack or at least most of it is gone. that's why BR is important. 20% of the time your AA is going to lose to a worse hand, it just will happen. I expect it to happen, i don't get mad when it happens, i just try to find out when its happening and lose as little as possible. i save getting upset for things like, AI with aces full of 2's getting beat by quad 2's which is by far my worst beat yet. Close second was my ace high flush losing to a straight flush on an unpaired board. that's irrelevant though i was just reminiscing :P