AQ and a great opponent at 6-max

[chaz64]

Assume we have no reads on villains, how do you play this?

PokerStars 1/2 Hold'em (6 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx (http://www.zerodivide.cx/converter)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, BB calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero caps</font>, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (12 SB) Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, BB calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, BB calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero caps</font>, SB calls, BB calls.

Turn: (12 BB) 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, BB calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB caps</font>, Hero ?


Now, let's say that in this session, SB has:

Called PFR in BB w 77, then bet every street with a AJ2AT board

Raised PF w K7o

Capped PF w A9o, then bet into PF raiser every street w JTK2T board

Raised PF from SB w Q5o, got re-raised PF, then bet flop and turn, and 3 bet river on a 97T45 board

BB just sat down, no reads. Now how do you play it?

Comments appreciated.

[car ramrod]

According to your reads I like the way you played it against SB.

BB scares the hell out of me. All those calls then a cap. I don't think we beat him very often.

[lautzutao]

I would have slowed down after the 3-bet on the flop against an unknown and called down. Top pair's good and all, but you're pushing a little too hard here.

EDIT: Ahh, SB is a bit nutty. I guess your betting is fine then. BB jumping out of nowhere though means we're pretty much cooked...

[ArturiusX]

Call down the first 3-bet. No need to go agro and put yourself in a bad spot.

[car ramrod]

Did you want an answer to both with reads and without? Here is my line minus reads:
I think you have to slow down on the turn. I would probably call down though.

[chaz64]

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According to your reads I like the way you played it against SB.

BB scares the hell out of me. All those calls then a cap. I don't think we beat him very often.

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It did scare me, but we're getting over 10:1 odds and he may just have 2 big spades. Call, and call one on the river sound OK, or do we fold somewhere?

[lautzutao]

You've pretty much committed yourself to a showdown. Call and hope the river action isn't crazy.

[@bsolute_luck]

just an aside question: you're capping preflop based on your "numbnuts" read of SB right? i don't cap in 6-max with this hand, but want to make sure i'm not missing something.

as far as the hand goes: i'm not capping the flop. continuation betting is one thing, 3-betting is something else. i'll probably see showdown base on pot size unless another /images/graemlins/spade.gif comes out i guess /images/graemlins/confused.gif

[chaz64]

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just an aside question: you're capping preflop based on your "numbnuts" read of SB right? i don't cap in 6-max with this hand, but want to make sure i'm not missing something.

as far as the hand goes: i'm not capping the flop. continuation betting is one thing, 3-betting is something else. i'll probably see showdown base on pot size unless another /images/graemlins/spade.gif comes out i guess /images/graemlins/confused.gif

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Because of my read of SB, yes, but also because I have someone else along for the ride who, if he is the typical opponent, often has a marginal hand. Typically I would not cap it.

[car ramrod]

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It did scare me, but we're getting over 10:1 odds and he may just have 2 big spades. Call, and call one on the river sound OK, or do we fold somewhere?


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I think you gotta call teh turn, he may only have 2 pair so you have outs, or he may have a pair and picked up a flush draw.

I would call 1 on teh river, not more than that. It looks as though BB has us beat on the turn.

I'm curious what he had.

[chaz64]

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I'm curious what he had.

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PokerStars 1/2 Hold'em (6 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx (http://www.zerodivide.cx/converter)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, BB calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero caps</font>, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (12 SB) Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, BB calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, BB calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero caps</font>, SB calls, BB calls.

Turn: (12 BB) 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, BB calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB caps</font>, Hero calls, SB calls.

River: (24 BB) 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, BB folds, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 26 BB

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
SB has Qs Ks (one pair, queens).
Hero has Qc As (one pair, queens).
Outcome: Hero wins 26 BB. </font>

Gotta love players like that.

Thanks for all your comments.