In addition to what Zybomb posted, here's what also was factoring into my decisions... I had been one of the "table bullies" from the start and it was fairly effective. When I got the pocket As the first time I raised 5XBB and got one of the smaller stacks to go all-in with 44 and he rivered a 4. So, the table got to see that raise and my cards. Notice that in between the first hand history and the second (about 8 minutes apart) I had managed to get my chip stack up to where it was before the 44 sucked out on me. I'd done it by being aggressive with playable starting hands, raising every time I entered a pot. So, then the second pocket As come and I again raise 5XBB, get one caller who folds to a bet that's less than 1/2 the pot size after the flop. Very next hand I get pocket As again! My thinking now is that the table has got to be getting tired of my constant raises and I thought a big raise would look like I'm just some maniac trying to steal all the time and someone would think "he can't be getting cards every time," and would push back... I was hoping this might force someone into making a big mistake. Same thinking with the Ks, which as you can see came only a little more than a minute after the 3rd pocket As. Unfortunately, it was a table full of pansies that wouldn't mix it up.
On top of that, I didn't want to get into the pattern of leading out with a standard/identical raise each time... I think you gotta mix it up if you get a run like this. Anyway, sucks that I basically got nothing out if it so, who knows, perhaps those were not the right plays or perhaps no one had anything close enough to make the call so it didn't matter.