AQs hand for review

wiggs73 · #1 05-14-2005, 01:42 AM

no reads, party 10+1. thoughts on all streets appreciated, especially the river.

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Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) converter

BB (t1275)
UTG (t828)
Hero (t745)
MP1 (t615)
MP2 (t1710)
CO (t472)
Button (t1425)
SB (t930)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
1 fold, Hero calls t30, 3 folds, Button calls t30, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t120) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB bets t30, BB folds, Hero raises to t100, Button calls t100, SB calls t70.

Turn: (t420) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t230, Button calls t230, SB calls t230.

River: (t1110) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t385 and is all-in, Button calls t385, SB folds.

shejk · #2 05-14-2005, 08:03 AM

I think you're betting too small. The 70 raise in a 180 pot on the flop especially, but on the turn as well. Apart from that, without reads I'd probably lose my money here as well.

GutPunch · #3 05-14-2005, 08:19 AM

raise Pre flop, you have a good hand

pot bet that flop

shejk · #4 05-14-2005, 08:23 AM

The limp is fine imo.

Karak567 · #5 05-14-2005, 08:26 AM

PF limp is good IMO.

Raise to 150 on the flop (the pot).

I would jam the turn.

shejk · #6 05-14-2005, 08:31 AM

The pot in this case would be raising to 180.

wiggs73 · #7 05-14-2005, 08:59 AM

thanks for the input. button had 33 here for the set, but at the 10+1 level, i think i have the best hand here enough to justify getting my money in on a board that is this non-threatening.

fwiw, i did think about making a larger raise on the flop, but i wasn't particularly worried about draws so i wanted to get full value out of this. perhaps this was flawed thinking on my part. at any rate, it's good to read that i should have gotten my money in, if anything, sooner than i did. i still don't see the button folding, but that's poker.

also, in regards to raising pre-flop, i raise pre-flop with very little in the first 2 levels. i probably would have raised with this in later position, but in early to mid positions i like limping with it. AQ is a hand i'm more than willing to get rid of before blinds matter.

durron597 · #8 05-14-2005, 09:15 AM

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Don't go broke in an unraised pot.

-T.J. Cloutier

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pokerraja · #9 05-14-2005, 10:09 AM

All you guys saying the limp is fine need to get your head banged with a hammer! Seriously. What the fuc has happened to this forum?

Karak567 · #10 05-14-2005, 10:13 AM

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All you guys saying the limp is fine need to get your head banged with a hammer! Seriously. What the fuc has happened to this forum?

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AQ sucks in EP at early blind levels and isn't worth the risk of going broke over, maybe?