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Old 04-20-2005, 07:15 PM
Jbrochu Jbrochu is offline
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Default Thoughts on Playing A,Q

I'm looking for feedback on how I played this hand:

Blinds are 50/100 with only a couple of minutes left in this round. There are 7 left (of 9) and I have 1700 and have been playing TA. There is one EP call, then folded to me in the CO and I have A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

I raise to 400 and get flat called by the SB, who has 1300 after calling. The BB and original EP caller both fold. My read on the SB is that he will call a raise with any two. I saw him call a 3X BB bet and go to a showdown with J,5s earlier.

The pot is now 1,000 and the flop is A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] J [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

The SB bets 300

I figured if he had a big pocket pair or big slick, he would have re-raised PF. Even if he called with a big pair or something like A,J - I figured he would have to protect his hand against the obvious str8 and flush draws and push.

I put him on a flush draw, Ax making a probe bet, or an outright bluff. The 300 bet left him with 1,000 so I believed he was not quite pot committed. I figured if he was pot committed he would have pushed.

Based on my read I decide to semi-bluff and push. Bad play?
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