NL50 - How would you play this AQs?

[litemyfire]

I really hate these situations, what do you think of my pre flop play and how would you play it? who would check and see a flop? And when the flop comes all blanks do you C-bet or give up immediately?

I seem to find myself in these very annoying situations all the time. Is AQs too good of a hand to simply check/fold in the blinds if there is no A or Q on the flop?

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No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
10 players
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Pre-flop: (10 players) Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
2 folds, UTG+2 calls, 3 folds, CO (poster) checks, Button calls, SB calls, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $2</font>, UTG+2 folds, CO calls, Button calls, SB calls.

Flop: 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($10, 4 players)
SB checks, <font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $7</font>, CO calls, Button folds, SB calls.

Turn: 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($31, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, <font color="#cc0000">CO bets $15.75</font>, SB folds, Hero folds.
Uncalled bets: $15.75 returned to CO.

Results:
Final pot: $31

[Falc]

Raise more preflop. Checking isn't bad either. Don't cbet into three people when you miss. As played, check/fold turn as you did.

[Chargers In 07]

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Raise more preflop. Checking isn't bad either. Don't cbet into three people when you miss. As played, check/fold turn as you did.

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[ship_it_trebek]

I don't mind firing into 2 opponents on like a J62 rainbow board, but not this board. You are bound to get looked up by at least one of them. And yeah raise more preflop.

[Albert Moulton]

If you're going to raise from the blinds, then raise more. A lot more. Like $3.5 or so. You really don't want any callers. And if you get a caller, you'd rather have just one who will fold to a cb when he misses the flop.

The continuation bet is OK.

C/f after that is good.

[RapidEvolution]

Checking preflop isn't bad, but if you're raising, make it a good $3.50 to $4.00. With this many callers and a flop whiff, I c/f the flop. If there were 1 or two callers, the cbet is much better..once it hits 3, I'm leaving if I miss (especially if I'm OOP)

[speedle]

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I don't mind firing into 2 opponents on like a J62 rainbow board, but not this board. You are bound to get looked up by at least one of them. And yeah raise more preflop.

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[Johnes Benjamin]

I sometimes check and sometimes raise.
If you raise you have to rep a big hand, think of it as a semi-bluff with A and Q as outs. So make a big raise and cbet.

As played cbet is pretty bad, they don't really believe you pre and you aren't giving them much of a reason to release on the flop.

In this particular situation I think a raise pre is good. There is a poster and I think anyone with a good hand would have raised it pre. Punish the limpers FTW!

[oakrdrzfan]

Either raise much larger or just call pf.
Cbetting on that board is -EV with 3 other players