Re: Is it possible to Donk the Flop? (yet another AQ hand)
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Yeah, I think it's fine. Villain probably has KQ or something and is testing out his king. Or maybe he's got TT and is trying to represent the king. Either way, you're behind.
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Could we not peel a card here? Getting 1:8.5, aces are probably clean, queens questionable, some backdoors (flush, hollywood and wheel). Possibly get a free card if UTG suspects we are slowplaying him. We can easily fold the turn u/i if he bets again.
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Folding and peeling both seem okay to me, really. I don't really like the flop very much, but the backdoor flush would make me tempted to call.
Plus, I do think it's better for metagame purposes if we don't 3-bet preflop and then fold to a single bet on the flop. And if I actually had AK or AA, I might just call on the flop, so peeling with a hand as weak as AQ does complement that, and like you point out, the call might scare UTG.
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