[ArturiusX]

Just for the record, I raise AQs in the sb.

AQo isn't a bad hand, its just that a preflop raise here won't give us position, or make more marginal hands fold (we make the assumption that the preflop callers will call another). So we already know whos in the pot, why make them pay extra now when we can make them pay more later?

Also limping with AK is bad because it encourages more hands to call behind us, giving us less position, and a broader spectrum of possible hands, which makes for difficult post flop decisions when theres a lot of raising going on in front of us and we've only hit top pair.


Also, don't look at what cards there could be, look at what we have to do to win this hand. We have to pick up an Ace or Queen (ace high probably won't win at this level), our only out is an ace if someone has a king, and thats all considering no one has a 4, or a mid pocket pair. We have no draws to a better hand then 3 of a kind. The pots small, so why fight for it vs 3 random hands in front of us?

Folding the turn UI is bad when we bet out on the flop. Now we check the turn. Anyone worth their salt in poker will probably bet into us, whether they picked up a pair with the blank or not. Now the hand is all weird, we're unable to nail our opponents to any hands, we're out of position, why pay extra chips to be in this horrible position?