Burned with AQs 4 times last night ....help!!

[juanez]

Man, frustrating night with AQs last night. I think I was getting too fancy on a few of these hands and should have been more aggressive early - any thoughts?

My PT stats indicate terrible results with AQs...either a huge leak in my game or just a bad luck. How can I plug the leak!!

Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/club.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (4 SB) 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(4 players) </font>
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG+2 bets, MP1 folds, Hero raises, BB folds, UTG+2 calls.

Turn: (4 BB) Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players) </font>
Hero bets, UTG+2 calls.

River: (6 BB) 8/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players) </font>
Hero bets, UTG+2 calls.

Final Pot: 8 BB

Results in white below: <font color="white">
Hero shows Qc Ac (three of a kind, queens).
UTG+2 shows Jd 9d (flush, queen high).
Outcome: UTG+2 wins 8 BB. </font>

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Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (9 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, Hero calls, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, BB checks.

Flop: (3.50 SB) 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif, Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(3 players) </font>
BB bets, UTG calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (3.25 BB) 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(3 players) </font>
BB bets, UTG folds, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, Hero calls.

River: (9.25 BB) K/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players) </font>
BB bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 11.25 BB

Results in white below: <font color="white">
BB shows 7h 2c (three of a kind, twos).
Hero shows Ad Qd (two pair, queens and twos).
Outcome: BB wins 11.25 BB. </font>

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Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, Hero raises, MP3 folds, CO calls, Button folds, SB folds, BB calls.

Flop: (6.50 SB) A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif, K/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(3 players) </font>
BB checks, Hero checks, CO bets, BB calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.75 BB) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(3 players) </font>
BB checks, Hero bets, CO calls, BB calls.

River: (7.75 BB) T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(3 players) </font>
enabled.Hero checks, CO checks.

Final Pot: 7.75 BB

Results in white below: <font color="white">
BB shows 6s As (straight, ace high).
Hero shows Qh Ah (straight, ace high).
CO shows Kd Qd (straight, ace high).
Outcome: Hero wins 2.58 BB. CO wins 2.58 BB. BB wins 2.58 BB. </font>

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Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (9 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif. MP2 posts a blind of $1.50.
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, MP1 folds, MP2 (poster) checks, MP3 folds, CO calls, Button calls, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (6.50 SB) 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 5/images/graemlins/club.gif, 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(6 players) </font>
SB bets, Hero calls, UTG+1 calls, MP2 calls, CO calls, Button calls.

Turn: (6.25 BB) J/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(6 players) </font>
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 bets, MP2 folds, CO folds, Button calls, SB folds, Hero folds.

River: (8.25 BB) 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players) </font>
UTG+1 bets, Button folds.

Final Pot: 9.25 BB

Results in white below: <font color="white">
UTG+1 doesn't show.
Outcome: UTG+1 wins 9.25 BB. </font>

[Tosh]

For a start you can raise preflop in all 4 hands.

[JDErickson]

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For a start you can raise preflop in all 4 hands.

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Most definately. And twice on Tuesdays.

[bisonbison]

For a start you can raise preflop in all 4 hands.

[symphonic]

As the others said, Raise preflop every damn time with AQs or AQo.

[bisonbison]

Hand 1: raise preflop, bet/3-bet the flop, bet the turn, bet the river. What's the question?

Hand 2: raise preflop, raise the flop...

Hand 3: bet the damn flop.

Hand 4: raise preflop.


AQ is a good hand. When you flop a queen or an ace (or two pair), it's a good hand.

Bet and raise your good hands at every opportunity. Don't worry about pouncing on people on the turn or whatever you think you're doing in these hands. Just bet.

[Shargaas]

You absolutely must raise with AQs in each of these hands. You let people in with garbage for next to nothing and it cost you. Yes there was some bad luck there, but with a superior hand like AQs you must raise pre-flop, and when you hit the flop like in hands 1-3, get the money in there, bet and raise.

To be fair, after the flop in hand 1 you were going to lose, but raise pre-flop. Hand 2, you needed to raise pre-flop, and keep on raising after hitting the flop, you let the BB in with his 72 and it beat you. Hand 3, raise, raise, raise, after flopping 2 pair! Hand 4, raise pre-flop, the rest is OK.