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Old 12-29-2005, 12:30 AM
ilya ilya is offline
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Default Re: $11 1st hand AQ v minraise

I wouldn't re-raise preflop, especially not on the first hand. First off you don't know anything about the raiser. Plenty of loose players at the $11s of course, so you could well be killing his range, but you can't be too confident about that at this point. More importantly there are 8 players behind you and you don't know anything about them. There might be guys back there who will put in a 3rd raise with AJ. And of course there's a fair chance that someone behind you will pick up a legitimate 3-betting hand.

But ok, you re-raised and things worked out great. UTG didn't re-raise, only 1 more player called, and you have position on both of them. The flop is about the best you could have hoped for. Your hand is probably good, and unless UTG has a set or a slowplayed overpair, he probably only has a couple outs against you. However, he might have a flush draw, and BB could have anything. Moreover if UTG has Ax, you only have 2 big-action outs. If he has an underpair, he's more likely to give you action now than on the turn. So make a sizeable bet, something like 250-300.

On the turn, you can't possibly fold getting over 20:1 from the pot. Just call & see what happens on the river.
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