A/Q^3

thegreatchris · #1 04-13-2007, 02:56 AM

$100 live tourney, had three hands with A/Q that I ended up unhappy with, both play and results. Thoughts?

1. Blinds 50/100, Whole table is btw 8-12k. Limp UTG with A/Qo, 3 calls, button raises to 250?, both blinds call, as do I and the other limpers.

Flop comes AQJ rainbow. 2 checks, I check intending to C-R, my friend Mike bets 300 (meaning little), preflop raiser minraises to 600, rest of table folds. I call? Mike calls.

Turn completes rainbow with a 7. I lead for 1100, Mike folds, button calls.

River is a 10. I check, button bets 2000, I instantly fold?

2. Blinds at 300/600. Tricky player opens UTG for 2100 with 7k behind, only 2nd time raising but has mostly been smoothcalling raises in position. I look down at AQs and 13k in chips, think, and ugh flatcall? Both blinds call.

Flop comes 742, giving me a backdoor flush draw. BB moves all in, UTG thinks and folds, I briefly do the same?

3. Blinds are 500/1000. UTG+1 opens for 3500, first hand I've seen him raise OOP but has been calling and raising in position. I'm next to act and look at AQs again, I move in for 9500?

lemming · #2 04-13-2007, 06:26 AM

Hm, I bump this for you, some interesting hands I'd like to hear comments to [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Dazza1984 · #3 04-13-2007, 06:31 AM

1st hand lead out. I never cr top 2 on such a dangerous board here.

2nd hand seems pretty standard. Some might say push pf but I think theres a good chance that UTG has AK here.

3rd hand I always push here. Your M is less than 7 so easy push.

Soulman · #4 04-13-2007, 06:51 AM

Hand 1: Limping is ok, although I prefer a raise here. Calling the lame raise = ok obv.

I'd prefer leading out here - scary board, chances are someone has a big piece etc. The minraise I'd look at more as a donkish controlling bet, hoping for a free card or whatever on the turn. By the turn, there's 4k or so in the pot, and you lead for 1100? Why? River, there's 8k in the pot and you fold getting 4:1 odds. I think you're ahead enough of the time that you need to call. AJ, AT, QJ, KJ might play this way as well, and your opponent clearly suxxxxx.

Hand 2: 3.5xBB raise = usually 88-QQ, AQ+, maaaaybe AJ. This is fairly close, but I'd probably push it in here. Full table or no? Push >= Fold >>>>>>>>>>>>&g t;>>>>>>>>> Call.

Hand 3: also fairly close, But with 9.5 BBs I'm shipping it in again.

thegreatchris · #5 04-13-2007, 01:50 PM

Hand 2 is 11 handed, fyi.

Soulman · #6 04-13-2007, 02:02 PM

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Hand 2 is 11 handed, fyi.

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11-handed? Wtf? Ack...it's way closer then.

Edit: both because if villain is aware, he knows he should be tighter than at a standard 9-handed table, and because there are more people behind with possible monsters.

thegreatchris · #7 04-13-2007, 02:17 PM

Considering this, you prefer a fold in hand 2 then?

thegreatchris · #8 04-13-2007, 02:24 PM

I'm aware of the odds in hand 1, but doesn't the mini-raise preflop just scream of a big hand? I mean either AK or TT-AA, not a single one of which I can beat...

Soulman · #9 04-13-2007, 03:11 PM

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Considering this, you prefer a fold in hand 2 then?

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Yeah probably, it's close though.

Soulman · #10 04-13-2007, 03:12 PM

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I'm aware of the odds in hand 1, but doesn't the mini-raise preflop just scream of a big hand? I mean either AK or TT-AA, not a single one of which I can beat...

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It might be a donkey who minraises a monster there. It's a live tourney, you should have some reads? If he's got anywhere near a clue, he'll realize how horrid that is..._especially_ with AK. I really doubt he has AK there though, if he's that donkish he would probably be scared to death of this flop and just call behind.