3 hands from Monte-Carlo

[dmk]

Given the range of hands villian is willing to call the raise with, I'd consider his raise for value.

[PrayingMantis]

Yes, hand 3 was against the guy who busted you (QQ against your A7, right?). And I agree it's best to see a flop in my hand here.

[PrayingMantis]

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When he did it when I was on the BB/SB, a couple of times already, I stared at him before folding my garbage


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I agree, I pretty much trapped myself doing this against him.



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the french guy wasn't lellouche, was it?

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It was Michael Abecassis.

[PrayingMantis]

What hand are you talking about? Personaly I think that the AJo raise is much worse than the Q7o raise. I actually don't have much of a problem with the Q7o raise against this guy, although I could have just limped, obviously.

[Rolen]

I'm not sure I share your distaste for your AJo raise. Purely as an info bet you gain much more equity by raising than you do by calling..From his action after your re-raise it seems clear that you're up against a dominating hand, one you could easily lose a lot of chips with post-flop.

[dmk]

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I'm not sure I share your distaste for your AJo raise. Purely as an info bet you gain much more equity by raising than you do by calling..From his action after your re-raise it seems clear that you're up against a dominating hand, one you could easily lose a lot of chips with post-flop.

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The problem is he's going to be losing too many chips vs a hand like AQs and AK when an A flops. If he just calls, he's bound to lose a lot less, and he'll make a lot more from any worse A that would have folded to his re-raise.

[dmk]

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Yes, hand 3 was against the guy who busted you (QQ against your A7, right?). And I agree it's best to see a flop in my hand here.

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JJ, same thing. Sucks that I just happened to run into a real hand that time.

[BPA234]

1. Reraise preflop w/QQ,
2. fold or call, I would wait for better before I took on an aggro
3. I take the flop and play from there. You are either way behind or he has seen you laydown hands and pushes w/any PP to win the hand right there

Is your play with QQ too timid or am I too aggressive?

[BPA234]

QQ hand: I would reraise preflop and play any overcard free flop aggressively.

Any thoughts?

[PrayingMantis]

Of course this is a normal line. But when you play against good/very good opposition at a very big live event, there is some merit in playing your big hands in different ways. I see very good players at these events often limp/call raises with big hands, including QQ-AA/AK, in different positions and situations. If you are not sure of your post-flop game, obviously simply raising is always better.