Simple AQ hand

ajmargarine · #1 07-26-2006, 04:44 AM

No reads.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) internettexasholdem.com

CO ($55.90)
Hero ($114)
SB ($87.50)
BB ($81.07)
UTG ($130.63)
MP ($97.20)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.50.
UTG calls $1, 2 folds, Hero raises to $5, 2 folds, UTG calls $4.

Flop: ($11.50) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG bets $7, Hero calls $7.

Turn: ($25.50) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG bets $8, Hero calls $8.

River: ($41.50) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero...

Comments welcome on all streets.

bruin · #2 07-26-2006, 04:46 AM

Readless, I raise this flop 100% of the time. It's a drawless board, and there's a good chance your opponent is on a lower queen, so I raise this flop for value. The only reasonable hand you're beat by is a set, and it's pretty hard to put your opponent on that.

As played, I check the river.

cts · #3 07-26-2006, 04:47 AM

Looks fine, value bet the river for sure.

Isura · #4 07-26-2006, 04:48 AM

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Yeah. But it looks like he has a 7 or small PP, so I'd only bet about 12-15.

FeNeF · #5 07-26-2006, 04:55 AM

I think the drawless board dictates a call rather than a raise..

I think there is value in a small bet, say $20.

cambraceres · #6 07-26-2006, 05:06 AM

Who raised?

Grunch · #7 07-26-2006, 08:52 AM

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Yeah. But it looks like he has a 7 or small PP, so I'd only bet about 12-15.

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I don't see the logic of this conclusion. Why do we bet less if we think he has a 7? To encourage a call?

Freerollin` · #8 07-26-2006, 09:28 AM

Check behind. You don't want to reopen the betting because you've got one pair. I think that the chances of beating his A high or pocket jacks with your one pair is equaled by the possibility that he's got a weak K (that he'll call with and beat you) or hidden monster (that he's looking to CR).

kslghost · #9 07-26-2006, 09:35 AM

No way, gotta bet here. I also like to raise these flops, though I can live with either way if UTG tends to multi-bluff or over values TPWK.

Isura · #10 07-26-2006, 11:41 AM

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Looks fine, value bet the river for sure.

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Yeah. But it looks like he has a 7 or small PP, so I'd only bet about 12-15.

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I don't see the logic of this conclusion. Why do we bet less if we think he has a 7? To encourage a call?

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People tend to not call huge bets with marginal hands. 15-20 is probably the right amount, 12 seems a bit small.