Re: AJJ4 hand. To aggressive?
I think a re-raise on the flop is mandatory unless your opponent is a total rock who never raises unless he has top set. He might have KQJT or even AAQ2 with a backdoor flush or 2. He might have bottom set! He has the button and might just want to inhibit you from betting the turn. I am not going to assume KK just because I get raised once.
The cap of the flop round probably rules out bottom set, but it sure as hell shouldn't rule out AQT2. Look at your play. You checked the turn. If he had AQT2, he raised with a great draw and now doesn't have to pay for another chance to draw when his equity is much lower. And yet I think that you were correct to check the turn, since many players will only cap here with top set.
If I were the button, I would cap with AQT or KK or something like QJJT. Now you will check to me with anything less than KK and I will bet or check depending upon how my hand likes the turn. Raising for a free card can be done after a re-raise too. In fact, it is less risky when it caps the betting. If your opponent has KK, he cannot re-raise. And this concept also tells us that the cap bet should not necessarily need as strong a hand as one might think.
Suppone in holdem you face a bet and 2 calls and you have Ah5h with a board of QsTh4h. Suppose you raise and the better re-raises and one caller stays in. I think capping is correct. Many players will put you on a draw when you raise, but will think the 2nd raise is a real hand. You lose little if any equity by making this raise and there is no danger of losing the 3rd man to a re-raise. One thing is for sure, if you simply call the re-raise, you WILL be facing a turn bet unless a heart falls. Best to get in more money while your equity is good if it gives any reasonable chance of making your opponents slow down. This sort of strategy also allows you to play a set very fast on the flp with no fear of losing opponents. KQ will not lay down if he knows you might have a flush draw and will be drawing more or less dead when u have the set. Playing strong draws fast helps you get paid on your big hands.
Returning to the original hand...
THere is more at work here. All the callers need to be put to the fire. You don't want to lose to some backdoor trash flush if you can get that hand out. Maybe one of the callers has AT72 with a backdoor nut flush. His call was probably close to reasonable, but calling a double bet here would be a mistake. Make him fold or pay too much to stay. You also want to give anyone chasing a backdoor low a chance to fold so that YOUR backdoor low will be worth something.
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