NL25: AQ against flop check-raise

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I don't think this is too bad a spot to go broke with TPTK though it always sucks.
Anyway, I want to give on tip from my limited stars experience at NL25 and my old days at Pacific NL25:
villains raising big draws with at least some kind of authority are rare at this limit.

Just my two cents, you can try to convince me that I'm wrong if you like.

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I plan to. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

This is most likely way too much money to put into the pot with TPTK. This guy isn't a loose player and this flop isn't particularly drawy. Sure, this could be a worse Q, but the times that this is a better hand and you are drawing to runner-runner will drag you down enough to make moving in -EV.

[Landlord79]

Villain's AF is 1.8, he's not betting much more than the true blue goods here. Insta-fold!

[CalledDownLight]

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do you have PAHUD on? Any stats on craises flop?

I have a lot of trouble here, I think this is really borderline.

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Nope. C/R is so rare situation that needs more hands to get true numbers and because I turned it off.

Results: I shoved and villain shows 55. Looks like this is the typical mistake of me - I am going broke with TP/TK. I didnt fold because there were draws on the board and maybe this donk just drawing. But I looked the villain raise size again, and looks like it saying: Call me baby, dont fold. He may just shove weaker kicker/draw.

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thats fine. His range included that one hand that beat you and tons of hands that didn't. I think you played it fine.

[Steelerman]

At NL25 this is the set virtually always. Unless you've got a specific read or an aggro maniac the check-raise always means business.