What you do here with AQ flop, turn and river?

[callmedonnie]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (8 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

MP1 (t760)
MP2 (t1665)
Hero (t885)
Button (t775)
SB (t740)
BB (t1000)
UTG (t790)
UTG+1 (t1385)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls t15, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t30</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t75</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, BB calls t60, MP1 folds, MP2 calls t45.

Flop: (t250) K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif, J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>


Turn: (t250) Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
River: (t250) 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">

[Voltron87]

I would just call the 30 pf.

It looks like it has been checked down, which is fine. Check check check.

[callmedonnie]

I checked it down to the river. Then when two check came my way I decided no one slow plays that slow, and that I had the best hand. I bet 175, got two callers, and won. They folded. I played it safe. Against single player I make a stab at the pot but two scared me. especially since slowplaying is chronic in these tables (and overplaying). I really wish I could see what they had though.

[bweiser8311962]

You could have seen it by clicking on the hand history. If you get the hand histories e-mailed to you, you may see it that way also.

[SuitedSixes]

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MP2 raises to t30, Hero raises to t75

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This is a mistake. I fold, AQ to a raiser, but if you've GOT to play, just call.

[1C5]

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MP2 raises to t30, Hero raises to t75

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This is a mistake. I fold, AQ to a raiser, but if you've GOT to play, just call.

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What about if it is soooted? And what if you had AK here, would you simply call or reraise?

[jah0550]

I completely agree with suited sixes. Fold to the raise. AQ is a marginal hand this early in the tournament. I think that reraising with AQo is a bad play this early. If you can't lay it down, then just call because reraising just gives the original raiser an opening to reraise you, then what do you do?

[SuitedSixes]

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MP2 raises to t30, Hero raises to t75

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This is a mistake. I fold, AQ to a raiser, but if you've GOT to play, just call.

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What about if it is soooted? And what if you had AK here, would you simply call or reraise?

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The more advanced and better post-flop players will disagree with me, but . . . In the early levels, soooted doesn't mean anything to me. I'm not looking for a hand that I may have to draw until the river with only to draw a blank and be crippled. With AK I re-raise enough to isolate myself against the early raiser so I am playing against him with position. I am not raising so much that I can't fold to a re-re-raise behind me, or fold after the flop if the board isn't much help.

[shoeman]

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MP2 raises to t30, Hero raises to t75

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This is a mistake. I fold, AQ to a raiser, but if you've GOT to play, just call.

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In level 1, I fold AQo to a raiser also. Maybe my post flop play is lacking but I like to stay away from this sort of hand early. AQs I probably call here and AK I would re-raise. Since you decided to play the hand, checking down is probably the right move.

[dfscott]

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The more advanced and better post-flop players will disagree with me, but . . . In the early levels, soooted doesn't mean anything to me.

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I'm not better or more advanced, but I agree 100%. Suited hands only make a signficant difference when you expect to be able to see all five cards (i.e., not early in a SnG). Even the fishiest of fish is generally smart enough to bet enough to make flush draws unprofitable.

[callmedonnie]

What raise? Someone made it 30, I made it 75. That was preflop. It was checked to the river, where I felt I had the best hand so after two checks, I bet 175. They both called and I won, but i lead in, not them.