AQo with the King

[Spicymoose]

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Ya'll are too fancy. I bet both the turn and the river against average, thinking players.

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I don't ever do this. I just picked up King Yaos Weighing the Odds in Hold Em Poker, and in the first 2 chapters, he advocates pulling the Sexy twice. He explains it briefly, and I can see the possible benefits, but I was curious as to other people's opinions on it.

[colgin]

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You have AQo from MP and open raise. An average, thinking player at 10/20 calls you from the button.

Flop is A22r.

You bet, button calls.

River is a 4.

You check...


Good plan?

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What does an "avergae thinking player" likely have here after cold-calling pre-flop and calling a drawless flop -- most likely a small to medium pocket pair or a (almost certainly weaker) Ace.

Just betting the turn and river maximizes your chance of getting 2BB's into the pot on theturn and river. I think that lines designed to try to squeeze 3BBs in, such as sexying the turn or river, face a real risk of losing a BB if villain checks-behind at some point, and not such a great chance of winning the extra BB when villain cooperates (by betting when checked to) as he may well fold to your C/r when he just has a small to medium pair (although will probably pay off with a weak Ace).