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AQ UTG+1 awful?
PokerStars Game #2668934567: Tournament #12956673, Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2005/09/26 - 21:57:05 (ET)
Table '12956673 247' Seat #8 is the button Seat 1: GodMaster (1550 in chips) Seat 2: bikerfett (1520 in chips) Seat 3: AlphaWice (1520 in chips) Seat 4: nealster (680 in chips) Seat 5: Lola_G (1390 in chips) Seat 6: cobratomato (2470 in chips) Seat 7: Toaster11 (1380 in chips) Seat 8: SIMDOG11 (1470 in chips) is sitting out Seat 9: imtheahole (1480 in chips) imtheahole: posts small blind 10 GodMaster: posts big blind 20 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to AlphaWice [Qs Ah] bikerfett: raises 60 to 80 AlphaWice: folds |
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Re: AQ UTG+1 awful?
yes, awful. You have position and a strong hand. You can make a case here for flat calling or even reraising here and trying to take the lead as well as getting some information about strength of opponent's hand as well as getting the pot HU in position. If he reraises you can be pretty sure you're beat and if he flat calls you have position the rest of the way but I really can't see folding here unless you have some incredible read on villain that he would only raise from UTG w AA/KK/QQ/AK.
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Re: AQ UTG+1 awful?
I don't think the fold was terrible. High card hands are not great with deep money. UTG raised 4xBB. The play may be loose this early and UTG may not have a great hand, but any standard UTG raising hand other than AQ is ahead of AQ.
I would probably flat call, but reraising is bad. UTG is representing a better hand than yours, and there are 8 players to act. What if you reraise and UTG or someone else puts in a 3rd raise? |
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Re: AQ UTG+1 awful?
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I don't think the fold was terrible. High card hands are not great with deep money. UTG raised 4xBB. The play may be loose this early and UTG may not have a great hand, but any standard UTG raising hand other than AQ is ahead of AQ. and there are 8 players to act. [/ QUOTE ] |
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Re: AQ UTG+1 awful?
hmm, AQoff isn't that strong after early raise, but 2 factors lead me to call:
1.) You'll have position on him 2.) You can always just throw away your hand if you don't connect and not lose a lot of money any reads on the raiser would help.. what kind of cards has he been raising with from EP? |
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Re: AQ UTG+1 awful?
I feel like I am in this situation way too often and it is always an awkward one for me. If i call and an ace falls where am i? If i call and get a queen high flop where am i? IMO i'd rather call this bet with 22 than AQ.
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Re: AQ UTG+1 awful?
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I feel like I am in this situation way too often and it is always an awkward one for me. If i call and an ace falls where am i? If i call and get a queen high flop where am i? IMO i'd rather call this bet with 22 than AQ. [/ QUOTE ] It's a tough situation, but you can't always have TPTK or an overpair to make a move.. Ace high flop.. see what your opponent does, and how strong he bets (Betting into an ace high flop without an ace and a person behind him indicates he probably has an ace too).. if his bet seems weak or he checks you can call/lead the flop.. if his bet was truly defensive, then he'll probably check the turn, in that case you can scoop it up.. if he bets the turn then AK is very plausible Queen high flop is clearer.. you only have to worry about 2 hands that beat you, KK and AA.. AA is unlikely since you have an ace, so on a queen high flop, you should definitely be pretty aggressive.. of course someone can always have KK, and it's hard to get away from the hand.. I sometimes like to defensive raise to see if my hand is good.. expensive move, but allows you to not go broke [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] |
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Re: AQ UTG+1 awful?
Also, this guy most likely knows what he is supposed to have and can probly bluff me of almost anyboard besides AQx.
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Re: AQ UTG+1 awful?
This is a very quick fold, 90% due to position.
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Re: AQ UTG+1 awful?
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This is a very quick fold, 90% due to position. [/ QUOTE ] Seriously... You only have "position" on the raiser. You have horrible table position. I sometimes call this, sometimes fold, depends on the table, and the player. |
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