Too aggressive with AQs or just right?

pauliewalnuts · #1 05-25-2005, 04:21 PM

SB was 23/11/2 after about 130 hands. The other two participants were total donks. Was the PF cap a little much? With position and two really bad opponents it seemed ok at the time.

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Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
1 fold, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, Hero raises, 4 folds, SB 3-bets, BB calls, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 folds, Hero caps, SB calls, BB calls, UTG+1 calls.

Flop: (17 SB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero bets, SB raises, BB folds, UTG+1 calls, Hero 3-bets, SB calls, UTG+1 calls.

Turn: (13 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero bets, SB calls, UTG+1 calls.

River: (16 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero bets, SB calls, UTG+1 calls.

Final Pot: 19 BB

gvibes · #2 05-25-2005, 05:30 PM

Your play, perfect, in my opinion.

Nick C · #3 05-25-2005, 08:29 PM

Preflop: Sometimes I'd just call the 3-bet, because I think I am going to be up against AA-QQ/AK a significant amount of the time. However, you do have position, three opponents, and a good multiway hand, and I think the cap is all right.

Postflop: This looks good to me. You are going to discover on occasion that you bullied SB into calling you down with a better hand (KK) or an equal one (AQ). (By the time you 3-bet his flop checkraise, he's going to be worried about AA or a set of queens.) But UTG+1 is at least still contributing those times that you're tied with SB, and I think SB will have a hand like JJ/TT/KQ that you beat often enough.

Once in awhile you'll get checkraised on the river by UTG+1's T [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 9 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], and once in awhile you'll be surprised when he just calls with a scared two pair and the pot goes his way. And, like I said, it's possible that you don't have SB beat.

But, anyway, I do think you have a value bet on the river.

KDawgCometh · #4 05-25-2005, 10:25 PM

very well played. I like the cap PF because of the multiway pot. I think you have enough of an overlay to do this here. The rest of it is just fine. nh sir

pauliewalnuts · #5 05-26-2005, 01:41 PM

Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (10 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
1 fold, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, Hero raises, 4 folds, SB 3-bets, BB calls, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 folds, Hero caps, SB calls, BB calls, UTG+1 calls.

Flop: (17 SB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero bets, SB raises, BB folds, UTG+1 calls, Hero 3-bets, SB calls, UTG+1 calls.

Turn: (13 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero bets, SB calls, UTG+1 calls.

River: (16 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero bets, SB calls, UTG+1 calls.

Final Pot: 19 BB

Hero shows [ Qs, As ] a pair of queens.
SB shows [ Kc, Kh ] a pair of kings.
UTG+1 shows [ Jc, 9h ] a pair of nines.
SB wins $73 from the main pot with a pair of kings.

Turns out I did scare SB into calling with a better hand. I kind of had a bad feeling after he CR'd the flop. But I at least knew that UTG+1 was calling with worse hands, so I kept betting like I had the best hand and hoped for the best.