AQo is a good hand, but.....

[MoreWineII]

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I'm not sure why everyone thinks you are behind.

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Did you read the action? Granted, maaaaaaaaaaybe UTG+2 could have AJ. But you still have UTG+1 to think about (and maybe the CC'ers), you're not closing the action, and you have no real redraws if you are behind.

This is a really easy fold for me.

[Buck_65]

3-bet or fold preflop in my opinion. Fold the flop if the same action occurs, which it may not.

[crunchy1]

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No reads.

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3-bet PF.

I responded to a recent thread where Hero 3-bet PF from the SB and I didn't like it with the offsuit AQ. I like it in your situation because of your favorable position. Fold out the blinds and possibly UTG+1. If you're going to play this hand you'd rather limit the field PF and also charge those MP cold-callers the maximum for playing their small pairs and suited connectors.

[JoshuaD]

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No reads.

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3-bet PF.

I responded to a recent thread where Hero 3-bet PF from the SB and I didn't like it with the offsuit AQ. I like it in your situation because of your favorable position. Fold out the blinds and possibly UTG+1. If you're going to play this hand you'd rather limit the field PF and also charge those MP cold-callers the maximum for playing their small pairs and suited connectors.

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A 3-bet doesn't limit the field. It's gonna be at least 4 way to the flop. AQo isn't really happy in that scenario.

[Nate tha' Great]

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Preflop is raise or fold, not a cold call.

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meh

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I think cold calling is fine without any reads.

[jt1]

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Granted, maaaaaaaaaaybe UTG+2 could have AJ. But you still have UTG+1 to think about (and maybe the CC'ers), you're not closing the action, and you have no real redraws if you are behind.


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The only hand to be reasonably afraid of is AK, and there's nospecial reason to feel he has that. With this big pot, calling one more bb is not -ev. If it gets rr and capped behind then yea, of course, but it's only one more bb to make sure you don't have the best hand.

[jt1]

FRankly, i don't see the difference between cold calling this flop and cold calling pre-

[Master5hake]

this is the type of hand I would continue with on the flop, then when reviewing the session afterwards wonder what the hell I was doing - that being said, in the low pressure slow moving world of a message board, I fold -

[crunchy1]

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A 3-bet doesn't limit the field. It's gonna be at least 4 way to the flop. AQo isn't really happy in that scenario.

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True... It will likely limit the field from 7 players to 4 or 5 - you don't think that there is any value in this?

One other slim possibility is getting a free card somewhere in the hand.

Maybe I'm wrong.. It just seems pretty weak (no offense Bob) to be cold-calling with a powerful hand with good position.

[PokerBob]

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Care to elaborate? I think SSH has this as a reraise in loose, a fold in tight. Don't have it with me, but I'm damn sure "meh" doesn't shed much light on it.

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Raising creates a massive pot with a hand that plays very poorly multiway, and brings in the possibility of a cap. Folding dumps a hand that is very likely ahead of most if not all of my opponents. I call.