2K6m. tricky TPTK OOP.

[Moonshine]

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I never see big pairs played like this preflop in blind battles.

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In a blind battle is one place where I almost always 4-bet AA/KK.

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right but since i'm also 4 betting other hands as well, my 4 bet range is fairly wide in blind battles and get called a decent amount. Therefore I dont mini 4 bet with AA and KK and make larger raises with them or call before this poitn and slowplay the flop. These mini raises to me always scream "look i'm representing a big pair without risking too many chips"

[Moonshine]

I think the small 4 bet is especially not optimal out of position since people often talk t hemselves into calling it and then you miss the flop 1/3 the time and find yourself lost, first to act with a big pot on your hand

[Big_Jim]

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These mini raises to me always scream "look i'm representing a big pair without risking too many chips"

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Question, of course, is how we think an unknown thinks about it.

Like I say, I'm not really sure, it's not a situation I've dealt with.

C/c just seems so unlikely to induce a bluff, to me, so if I thought his range might be wide, I'd go ahead and push, and hope he makes a hero call on me, while preventing an ugly [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] river card from killing our hand.

[Moonshine]

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These mini raises to me always scream "look i'm representing a big pair without risking too many chips"

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Question, of course, is how we think an unknown thinks about it.

Like I say, I'm not really sure, it's not a situation I've dealt with.

C/c just seems so unlikely to induce a bluff, to me, so if I thought his range might be wide, I'd go ahead and push, and hope he makes a hero call on me, while preventing an ugly [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] river card from killing our hand.

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i dunno, villain has to be somewhat scared of hero having a big pair, the board is frightening, and yet he's still in the pot on the turn. what the hell hand is he then calling our push with that we beat? i just think it's a bit of a spew after the way the rest of the hand has gone

[Big_Jim]

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These mini raises to me always scream "look i'm representing a big pair without risking too many chips"

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Question, of course, is how we think an unknown thinks about it.

Like I say, I'm not really sure, it's not a situation I've dealt with.

C/c just seems so unlikely to induce a bluff, to me, so if I thought his range might be wide, I'd go ahead and push, and hope he makes a hero call on me, while preventing an ugly [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] river card from killing our hand.

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i dunno, villain has to be somewhat scared of hero having a big pair, the board is frightening, and yet he's still in the pot on the turn. what the hell hand is he then calling our push with that we beat? i just think it's a bit of a spew after the way the rest of the hand has gone

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C/f, but push blank river if it checks through? Maybe a smaller value bet (sick odds to fold to a raise, though). You think this increases his calling range much?

[TheWorstPlayer]

Looks perfect to me. I push turn here with a lot of hands, this one included.

[Dan BRIGHT]

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WTF gives with that bitchy little 4-bet?

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I agree. I think I owuld 4bet to 500 total.

Asx played if you shove turn, I dont think villain folds midpocket pair with a diamond like ever. Same goes with 9x with a diamond. 9x no diamond might have to run their timer down a bit though.

[AZK]

put it in, he will call you with a pair+diamond.

[TheWorstPlayer]

Everyone who is critiquing preflop play is wrong. Betting bigger is ok, but OP's line is perfectly fine. Stop being idiots, please. He's not giving odds to hit a set, so if he had AA here, his re-raise size would be fine. So it's fine with AQ.

[duckman]

Push
You ain't going anywhere and his most likely holding given play is a lower pair plus a diamond or Overcards with a diamond.