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The board is ace-high with some draws and the effective stacks are forty big blinds in a blind-steal situation. Do not try to induce big laydowns. If I'm in Cunningham's spot -- and this is all heavily dependent on a bunch of things -- I think my baseline calling range is AQ+. Against a typical live player this tightens a bit, but that's my starting point.

--Nate

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The board is A983. AC is in the BB against a CO raise. He probably reraises AA/AK, and may reraise AQ/88/99. If his calling range is AQ+, you probably have a good semibluff, because he won't be able to call that often.

I think OP played this hand fine. On the river, he could call or fold rather than push.

However, I would not put AC on a tight range. I saw AC's play on PPV, and he didn't seem like a nit. He probably wasn't getting cards and the action was a little wild.

I certainly would atleast call the miniraise in the BB with any pp, any suited ace, most suited connectors/gappers and most two cards 9 or higher. He could also have a read that OP is stealing and call with less with the intention of making a move like he did.

I think there is a good chance AC called preflop with trash or missed the flop and is making a move, which makes the push a reasonable play. If AC had a big hand on the turn, he probably would play for a checkraise. Therefore, the push may be a good play.