AQo is not a good hand.... 200 NL

[pokerjoker]

Villan was playing solid ABC...did I mess up?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

UTG+1 ($380.05)
UTG+2 ($265.85)
MP1 ($201.35)
MP2 ($98.80)
MP3 ($199.85)
CO ($539.55)
Hero ($235.07)
SB ($217.23)
BB ($157.45)
UTG ($224.10)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif. SB posts a blind of $1.
<font color="#666666">6 folds</font>, CO calls $2, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $7</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, CO calls $5.

Flop: ($17) 3/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/club.gif, 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">CO bets $15</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $40</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to $80</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $137

[fimbulwinter]

[ QUOTE ]
Villan was playing solid ABC...did I mess up?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

UTG+1 ($380.05)
UTG+2 ($265.85)
MP1 ($201.35)
MP2 ($98.80)
MP3 ($199.85)
CO ($539.55)
Hero ($235.07)
SB ($217.23)
BB ($157.45)
UTG ($224.10)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif. SB posts a blind of $1.
<font color="#666666">6 folds</font>, CO calls $2, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $7</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, CO calls $5.

Flop: ($17) 3/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/club.gif, 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">CO bets $15</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $40</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to $80</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $137

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hero plays goot.

fim

ps- make it 9 preflop

[pokerjoker]

Thanks for the reply here fim...why 9 instead of 7?

[dibbs]

Some people have trouble making AQ and even AK a winning hand, plays like this lead it to being a winning hand IMO. I like it. I'd kick it up a little over 3.5x preflop but more of a preference thang.

[whittiphil]

Good fold, I couldn't do it... but NL200 is different from NL10, which is where I play.

[fimbulwinter]

[ QUOTE ]
Thanks for the reply here fim...why 9 instead of 7?

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9 is a pot sized raise. not too critical until you get to the point where you need to be making this raise fairly frequently as a steal to get non-dominating action on hands like AQ.

fim