AQ OOP 50NL

[Womble]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

UTG ($24)
MP ($47.25)
Button ($32.98)
SB ($24.80)
Hero ($50.75)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP raises to $2</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $5.5</font>, MP calls $4.

Flop: ($12.25) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $8</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP raises to $16</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $36.25

Only 10 hands on villain so no reads. I normally reraise AQ but think I will restrict this to when I am in position only since I hate spots like this. I try to reperesent a big PP on the flop and am raised so have to fold.

Is playing AQ this way every +EV?

[danny8]

i dont like raising here, you're making a large pot oop with a marginal hand, its gonna lead to many tricky spots.

like you said, if you were in position then i think this is good. but i would prefer to only reraise out of the blinds with solid hands, or at least hands that are easy to get away from should you miss the flop (low pp's etc).

As played i def fold to the flop raise

[recipro]

Definitely fold to the flop raise.

I might make this preflop raise, but only if I had a decent read on MP and whether or not he calls many c-bets. Although, every time I call this in the blind and check-fold the flop, I feel quite weak.

[kitaristi0]

Raise more preflop. I make it $7 or $8 to go.