Re: An expert play with AQo
I'm not a big fan of the flop raise. You'll lose value from hands that are close to drawing dead (i.e. JJ, QQ – which both incidentally catch their outs), and open yourself up to a number of deceptive plays, i.e. a turn check-raise, flop 3-bet. Seems like WA/WB is more appropriate on the flop. Turn seems fine.
There may be some merit in check-raising the river, depending of course on villain's aggression. Though, villain is likely holding 2 pair or greater (AK, AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT - all give villain strong hands). Therefore, I'd likely check-raise here, as it's very likely villain will bet here, and consequently pay off the raise. Using the formula in TOP to approximate the value of a check-raise would be helpful, but I'm short on time and this is highly read dependent.
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