16 cold calling AQs against a big bluffer

Guthrie · #1 08-20-2007, 03:03 AM

I have a few hundred hands with villain, he's 41/22, and my notes say he likes to bluff big and show. He rarely cold calls, but loves to raise PF and raise huge after the flop. I have him on two tables in this session, and he's bluffing big and showing, and ridiculing everyone at the table, especially when they happen to call him and win.

I'm never crazy about cold calling with AQ, but is this situation any different?

Feel free to comment on whether to call in this situation with the reads provided, although I obviously folded.

The real reason I'm posting the hand, with results, is that I looked the guy up on sharkscope, expecting to see a huge fish, and was stunned to see that he's 28% over 3200 tournies.

PokerStars Tournament, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

UTG (t2115)
UTG+1 (t1455)
MP1 (t1650)
MP2 (t1455)
MP3 (t1545)
Hero (t1385)
Button (t1415)
SB (t1010)
BB (t1470)

Preflop: Hero is in CO with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
UTG calls t50, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 raises to t150, MP3 folds, Hero folds, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds, UTG calls t100

Flop: (t375) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG checks, MP2 bets t350, UTG calls t350

Turn: (t1075) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG checks, MP2 checks

River: (t1075) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG checks, MP2 bets t955 (All-in), UTG folds

Velocity · #2 08-20-2007, 03:13 AM

if hes 40/20 over a reasonable sample shoving over his raise preflop can't be to bad...

DeuceSeven · #3 08-20-2007, 03:15 AM

I rarely call pf with AQ, but if a villain is 40/20, I at least call with position.