I think I'm going to start folding AQ OOP

[pokerjoker]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter

UTG+2 ($0)
MP1 ($178.15)
MP2 ($97.55)
MP3 ($774.65)
CO ($338.73)
Button ($445.70)
SB ($303.25)
BB ($193)
Hero ($185)
UTG+1 ($193.30)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $1.
Hero calls $2, UTG+1 calls $2, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, SB (poster) completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($8) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets $7</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $17</font>, UTG+1 calls $17, SB folds, BB folds.

Turn: ($49) hero bets 37 villian minraises to 74, hero folds

turn was 6 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

[yvesaint]

raise more on the flop, or not at all

also, if youre not raising AQo UTG pf, what is your range for a UTG raise? just AA-JJ, AK?

[pokerjoker]

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raise more on the flop, or not at all

also, if youre not raising AQo UTG pf, what is your range for a UTG raise? just AA-JJ, AK?

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I've been messing around with raising AQ+AQs..I am still not sure how is the best way to play it

any suggestions?

I almost always raise AK+AA-JJ and sometimes I raise TT-99 or other things depending on the table

[Gregg777]

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I've been messing around with raising AQ+AQs..I am still not sure how is the best way to play it. any suggestions?

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Raising AQ from UTG was a leak for me. I have plugged it, and until I'm good enough, it is going to stay plugged [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

The only time I will raise it is if the table is passive enough. I limp AQ UTG if there are any LAG's behind who like to call a raise with any two because they have position.

(I tend to avoid raising dominated hands OOP and getting into a pizzing contest with LAGs when there are so many donks willing to pay me off in better spots.)

[Leptyne]

This is the hand that Brunson never plays.

[Morrek]

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This is the hand that Brunson never plays.

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Seriously?

[swolfe]

AQ is a difficult hand to play. i play it differently based on a lot of meta-game factors. in a normal-tight game, i mostly raise it from UTG, but there's nothing wrong with limping it. there are a lot of games where i don't raise anything from UTG.