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$100 NL - AQ versus tough player
$100 NL 6max
Tough player minraises UTG. I'm not sure what this is, but my notes on him are that he's "Very aggressive postflop, capable of raising weak beats w/ out a hand." We're playing 5 handed. I consider reraising with AQ on the button, but elect to just call and take a flop. The blinds come along. Flop is A-T-7 rainbow $8 in pot Check, check, tough player bets $8. I call. Blinds fold. $24 in pot Turn is another A, putting two hearts up there. He deliberates and bets $20. I'm really not sure if I push or just call here. He's probably capable of firing again on a draw here, but I have no evidence to support this. I elect to call. River is an offsuit J, $62 in pot. He best $50. I think and fold. Comments? |
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Re: $100 NL - AQ versus tough player
if he is minraising he is not a tough player. Raise the turn, call the river, esp with your read.
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Re: $100 NL - AQ versus tough player
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if he is minraising he is not a tough player. [/ QUOTE ] I disagree. Minraising UTG doesn't preclude him from being both a tight player preflop and a very aggressive player postflop, especially with position. These qualities make him somebody I would prefer to not have at my table, which qualifies him as a "tough player" in my book. [ QUOTE ] Raise the turn, call the river, esp with your read. [/ QUOTE ] What are you putting him on that I'm beating by the river? |
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Re: $100 NL - AQ versus tough player
What hand are you putting him on that you fold? Why call two pot size bets and fold to a third? IF you think you are beat then just fold the turn.
You should be raising that turn, but if you decide to call the turn you need to call a reasonable river bet, which his was. |
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Re: $100 NL - AQ versus tough player
Well, the straight draw got there + I'm no longer beating AJ. It's a bad river card.
[ QUOTE ] You should be raising that turn [/ QUOTE ] Perhaps you're right. |
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Re: $100 NL - AQ versus tough player
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Well, the straight draw got there + I'm no longer beating AJ. It's a bad river card. [ QUOTE ] You should be raising that turn [/ QUOTE ] Perhaps you're right. [/ QUOTE ] I actually like the turn call. Obviously, also call the river. If he gay raised a weaker A PF, he wont have you on AQ, as he would have expected you to do something at some point. I think this is a textbook hand of when you just call down when someones doing the betting for you. |
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Re: $100 NL - AQ versus tough player
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What hand are you putting him on that you fold? Why call two pot size bets and fold to a third? IF you think you are beat then just fold the turn. You should be raising that turn, but if you decide to call the turn you need to call a reasonable river bet, which his was. [/ QUOTE ] I have trouble putting him on anything because you never once got aggro here. He could have a weaker ace, air, a better ace, but im not folding AQ with the line you took. Now if you raised the flop and he still pulled something like this, it becomes much more borderline. Edit: River is closer than I thought, but the fact that he has NO clue you have trips makes me think call. I really think you need to get your money in on the turn here. And strongly consider reraising preflop. |
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Re: $100 NL - AQ versus tough player
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River is closer than I thought, but the fact that he has NO clue you have trips makes me think call [/ QUOTE ] I really thing he knows where I'm at in this hand on the river. He might not know how good my kicker is, but he probably knows that I have at least an ace. |
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Re: $100 NL - AQ versus tough player
Your cold calls look like a weak ace. In most instances I would think AQ AK reraises a min bet with position in a 5 handed game. Since you did not, it would be tough to put you on that strong of a hand, and so I think you should call the river bet.
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Re: $100 NL - AQ versus tough player
Its ok to make a "bad call" on the river.
6 max is aggressive enough, and you really don't have enough info to make this laydown. You can actually minraise the turn also to freeze him up, then evaluate if you want to value bet the river if he calls. |
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