Thoughts on AQ fold?

Vagos · #1 09-14-2004, 08:07 PM

This is a hand a few minutes ago from the Stars $11 rebuy. I'm still in with a good stack. This isn't a terribly big hand. It was obviously a raise or fold situation and I felt like I couldn't get him to call with a dominated hand. What do you guys think?
-Andy
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1200 (9 handed)

BB (t23106)
UTG (t7654)
UTG+1 (t11390)
MP1 (t52134)
MP2 (t18117)
MP3 (t22885)
CO (t16392)
Hero (t52873)
SB (t2690)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 raises to t3675, MP3 folds, CO folds, Hero folds, SB folds, BB folds.

Final Pot: t4275
Main Pot: t675 (t675), won by MP2.
Pot 2: t3600 (t3600), returned to MP2.

Results in white below: 
No showdown. MP2 wins t4275.

fnurt · #2 09-14-2004, 08:17 PM

Unless he had been raising a lot there's no reason to get excited about AQ here.

betgo · #3 09-14-2004, 08:50 PM

If you are not going to call a raise with AQ, what are you going to call with? Only JJ, QQ, KK, AA, and AK? Do you call with JJ? You have position, 4 times as many chips, and probably the best hand. Why not call.

Depending on how loose this guy's raises are, I might push here.

RobGW · #4 09-14-2004, 09:39 PM

Consider your read on this player and your stack size relative to his. Has this player been tight or loose? Will he fold to an all in bet? I think more often than not I would put him to the test.