AQo and a VERY questionable blind defence

[Beanyman101]

Not much to say....I think I played this hand horribly

Villian is 24/15 after about 1000 hands and he has a real habit of blind stealing against me, so I decide to make a stand with my AQ

Full Tilt Poker
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $0.25/$0.5
9 players
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Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is SB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
5 folds, <font color="#cc0000">CO raises</font>, Button folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero 3-bets</font>, BB folds, CO calls.

Flop: 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (6.2SB, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#cc0000">CO raises</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Hero 3-bets</font>, CO calls.

Turn: 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (6.1BB, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets</font>, CO calls.

River: 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (8.1BB, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks.

Results:
Final pot: 8.1BB


I figure villian is on a blind steal, so I play pretty aggressively pf and on the flop. I realise that the turn bet is giving my money away cos i'm beating just about nothing after he re-raises me on the flop.

Am I pushing my AQ too far? Am I taking my blind defence too far? ...or is it an unhealthy combination of both???

[Dr. Matt]

just call the flop bet and if you feel it's a bluff that he raised you on, just call down.

[DrModern]

The first thing to notice is that you aren't "defending" your blind, in the traditional sense of calling or 3-betting a possible steal raise with a marginal holding. Your 3-bet preflop is a straightforward value raise.

The flop bet is fine, but when CO raises, the 3-bet is just spew.

[Dr. Matt]

yo DM IM me sometime playa. I haven't heard much from you lately.

[Marquis]

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just call the flop bet and if you feel it's a bluff that he raised you on, just call down.

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I second that.

[RabidTortuga]

I'd like to know the villians postflop AF here, especially with your sample size. It's hard to tell what his flop raise means without that info. Assuming he's as aggro on all streets as a 15% PFR would indicate, he could raise the flop with air if he thought you missed completely.

I probably call down after the flop raise if he's aggro. If he's more passive, I'm inclined to call the flop and check/fold the turn unimproved.

[Beanyman101]

His aggression factor is 3 post flop, so he could be raising with anything on the flop.

It seems the general consensus is that my flop 3-bet is a bit spew.

considering his agression, I'm unlikely to throw him off his hand, so calling down is probably the best option if I think he's raising with nothing

[Aaron W.]

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I figure villian is on a blind steal, so I play pretty aggressively pf and on the flop.

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plus

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I realise that the turn bet is giving my money away cos i'm beating just about nothing after he re-raises me on the flop.

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makes no sense.

[n0ctu2ne]

I'm not sure I agree with the 3-bet before the flop. Unless I have something that I can really get aggressive with, (AA-QQ, AKs) I really don't like getting stuck in the small blind having to act first. Therefore I would have called the raise.

[Absolution]

I would let him keep the lead after the flop raise and hope for safe cards on the turn and river, like the ones you got. This flop is so draw heavy and I think you are ahead a lot of the time, but you have backdoor draws if he does hit. As played the river check is good as long as you're planning to call.