AQ mini raised on an A high flop

[dirty moose]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

CO ($34.72)
Button ($25.25)
SB ($13.75)
BB ($25.18)
UTG ($13.20)
Hero ($24.65)
MP1 ($22.60)
MP2 ($19.50)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $1.25</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, SB (poster) calls $1.15, BB calls $1.

Flop: ($3.75) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>

Hero bets; $2.60 Villian Raises to; $5.20 Hero??

[getmyrunon]

With no reads this is super tough. Villain could be holding 22, 88, or even AJ. I think the safest thing to do is 3-bet and fold to a re-raise to help narrow things down. Fire on the turn, and fold to a re-raise.

[dirty moose]

no read, i just sat in not to long ago, how does a push look?

with a flush draw out there

[Spade_K]

Call the bet on the Flop. If the Villain leads for &gt; 1/2 pot on the Turn, fold. Bet 1/2 to 3/4 of pot if Villain checks the Turn on a non-[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].

[Paul Thomson]

Don't raise so much UTG.

A fold is probably right. But I don't know how these .10/.20 games play too much. You could easily be playing for all your chips. You could probably call with AK. But I think AQ is a muck.

[CappyAA]

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Don't raise so much UTG.


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Actually, 5xBB raise is standard UTG. I call here and reevaluate on the turn. With no reads it's tough, and I don't want to play huge pots with TPGK.

[mrh86]

I don't think that this is "super-tough" at this level. I'd 3-bet all-in, and I expect to have the best hand here over 70% of the time.