AQ post-flop

[suited_ace]

NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:Level:1 Blinds(10/15)
Table Table 15137 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: cowboys5500 ( $800 )
Seat 2: pequest ( $900 )
Seat 3: Shawnsmom ( $740 )
Seat 4: philips67 ( $825 )
Seat 5: Alllin2005 ( $800 )
Seat 6: jeremydr4 ( $690 )
Seat 7: ERBilliards ( $700 )
Seat 8: kiwico ( $745 )
Seat 9: mdgogolen ( $990 )
Seat 10: suited_ace ( $810 )
Trny:16158515 Level:1
Blinds(10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to suited_ace [ Qs Ah ]
pequest folds.
Shawnsmom calls [15].
philips67 folds.
Alllin2005 folds.
jeremydr4 calls [15].
ERBilliards folds.
kiwico folds.
mdgogolen calls [15].
suited_ace raises [45].
cowboys5500 folds.
Shawnsmom calls [40].
jeremydr4 calls [40].
mdgogolen folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7h, 4c, 5h ]
suited_ace checks.
Shawnsmom checks.
jeremydr4 checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ad ]
suited_ace bets [150].
Shawnsmom calls [150].
jeremydr4 calls [150].
** Dealing River ** [ 7s ]
suited_ace checks.
Shawnsmom checks.
jeremydr4 bets [300].
suited_ace calls [300].
Shawnsmom folds.

Please criticize my play.

[helpmeout]

Bet too much on the turn. They know you have an ace so they are either calling/raising with the best hand or folding.

I'd bet around half the pot here. You dont commit too much when you are behind and you encourage worse hands to calldown.

[bigt439]

I really dislike your preflop play alot. Raising that out of the blinds is ugly with that many limpers especially if you're only going to make it 45. Blowing it up big would be better, but I don't like that here, so I'd limp along.

Rest of the hand is purty. I think you take down the river alot. I'd be real surprised if he checked a 7 closing the action on the flop.

[bigt439]

Nah, charge the draws... looks more bluffy too. I see your point, but I think I pot it here.

[Ogre]

call pf bet less on the turn and im leaning twords fold on the river

[DyessMan89]

Pre-Flop- Ewwwww. Ugly raise. You either have to limp or make the "correct" raise here. If you're going to raise, raise to 135. (3X BB + 2X Limpers) Notice how thats just a bit different than 45? /images/graemlins/wink.gif I would probobly just limp here, however.
Flop- Player dependent. Id usually make a continuation bet here of around around 2/3 the pot. Checking isnt awful, though.
Turn- Either way ahead or way behind here, I like check/call. Controlling the pot in WA/WB situation, and you will probobly induce a bluff from someone who wants to take the pot away from you. Leading, though, isnt bad.
River- Tough. Getting such good odds, though, hard to lay it down.

May I ask how check/calling is controlling the pot?

[helpmeout]

Draws dont have the odds to call half a pot bet, they only have 8-9 outs.

The pot is also smaller so you can easily fold to a river bet of 100 or so without feeling that you need to keep them honest.

[theben]

i bet more PF or fold. i dont like AQ so i probably fold

[suited_ace]

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Bet too much on the turn. They know you have an ace so they are either calling/raising with the best hand or folding.

I'd bet around half the pot here. You dont commit too much when you are behind and you encourage worse hands to calldown.

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That's a good point, but at the $22s the bet will be interpreted as bluff more often than not.

[helpmeout]

A bluff no way, what is your likely hand range for raising from the blinds. Likely a medium/high pair or a big ace, very rarely KQs or something.

A pair bets that flop and you checked so your hand isnearly always a big ace.

[lorinda]

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A bluff no way, what is your likely hand range for raising from the blinds. Likely a medium/high pair or a big ace, very rarely KQs or something.

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You really need to play more $22s.

A raise from the blinds means the guy likes his cards a bit, sometimes they will even be the same color.

Just because we don't play like that doesn't mean that 95% of our opponents don't.

Lori

Lori

[helpmeout]

No they are gonna think oh he must be bluffing now, even though he didnt bet the flop.

Hey I might call half a pot bet with Khigh because why would I not bet the flop with a pair.