AQs against reraise from BB

smiely · #1 01-12-2005, 11:41 PM

So, I've started going over some of my overall losing hands in PT and playing them back, trying to figure out where I went wrong. I feel like I made mistakes here, but I'm not sure where...

BB is loose-aggressive preflop, pretty passive postflop (vpip 86.96 prf 28.26 tot-a 1.29 over 46 hands)

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Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, Hero raises, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, BB 3-bets, Hero caps, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, BB calls.

Flop: (16.40 SB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (4 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, BB 3-bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (11.20 BB) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.

River: (13.20 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 15.20 BB

I don't feel so good about my flop raise. I'm also not 100% sure about capping preflop, but that could just be my occasional weak-tightness which my 'poker coach' is trying to train me out of making me question it. Other than that... not sure where I went wrong, or even if I really did. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

Shillx · #2 01-12-2005, 11:45 PM

Preflop seems okay since the BB is a maniac. If he is quick to raise but will rarely 3-bet then I wouldn't cap 4-way. This whole hand looks okay to me. This guy could have just about anything if he will 3-bet a lot of hands PF. Can't give him credit for AK.

Brad

wrto4556 · #3 01-12-2005, 11:57 PM

You said he was passive post-flop. He three bet you. I think a fold on the turn would have been good. Capping before the flop is a must.

jar · #4 01-12-2005, 11:57 PM

Well, you posted this to get advice from people other than just me, but here's how I see it.

Preflop, I think the cap is good, because of the read.

Flop, I think the raise is fine, you could be ahead of 99-JJ or something like QJs. Also, you'll probably slow down a weak king and showdown cheap. Once you get 3-bet, I'm 95% sure you're drawing.

I think the turn call is right. You have 4 outs to broadway, plus the 2 remaining Qs unless BB has a set. If the BB has AA or AK, the Qs are winners and broadway is a chop. if he has KK, QQ, or 55, the queens are either useless or unavailable, but the broadway outs are good. I think this works out to 4 outs, so 12-1 is worth calling.

I want to fold the river, but the pot is so big that it's hard.
[edit: by it's hard, I mean you really can't do it]