AQo against raise--no reads

[Gary Frates]

I am often at tables where I have just sat down and haven't gotten a read on any of the players.

There's a raise and I'm in the cutoff, say, or somewhere after the raise with AQo.

What would be best--call, re-raise, of fold--maybe I don't even know whether the table, in general, is aggressive, loose or whatever.

How do you play those two cards against unknowns and a raise?

[Matt Williams]

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I am often at tables where I have just sat down and haven't gotten a read on any of the players.

There's a raise and I'm in the cutoff, say, or somewhere after the raise with AQo.

What would be best--call, re-raise, of fold--maybe I don't even know whether the table, in general, is aggressive, loose or whatever.

How do you play those two cards against unknowns and a raise?

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How long have you been here? You should know better. What stakes? Limit, No Limit, Tourniment? Is the raise from UTG or MP? Deep stacks, short stacked ect.?Geez.

[Gary Frates]

Sorry. Haven't psosted in a while and I usually just throw a hand out there.
Limit-.25/.50 usually, to $2/$4. If it's very early position I usually fold but how about from MP on?

[crablegs33]

depends on where the raise is from... as a general rule i'll make it three bets... sometimes i'll mix it up if the raise is UTG

[LouisCyphre]

In Limit fold AQ to a raise. What hands do you expect to beat? Against the legitimate raising hands you are behind against AA,KK,QQ,JJ,TT,(99,)AK,AQs. You are ahead against AJ,KQ.
I don't like those odds.
As always in poker there are exceptions:
-the raise comes from a loose raiser,then re-reraise (for value) and to get the hand heads-up.
-it's an open raise from middle-position. Many players (especially solid ones) will raise with a much wider range from in that situation. Again re-raise, for the same reasons.

[tom10167]

I think we should ask Grim "AQ master" star about this one.