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Originally Posted by GatorJH
hand 55 - courtie, You have position on the original raiser and the blinds are still pretty low. At what point would you call a standard raise from the button with AQo?
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I rarely call anything, and I'm sure it's a leak in some shape or form. That being said ...
I like to have control of the pot when I am in a hand and the pot is getting fairly big. I don't call with AQo for two reasons:
1) as I've already said, you're never sure where you stand and you are forced to test the raiser post flop with raises if you want to even "see" if your hand is good ... and
2) if I just call preflop, I am forced to lay my hand down post flop if I don't hit anything unless I have a read on my opponent.
If I call preflop, the number of times I hit and win the pot are less than the number of times I miss and have to fold. Included in the times I hit are times when the villian has hit something better and I lose my a lot of chips or my entire stack. Thinking about it this way, I figure that when the blinds are low and I have limited reads, I may as well just fold and save the chips rather than get myself in a situation where I'm not sure where I stand.
I only call preflop if I have a read that my opponent is fairly loose and will raise with something less than AQ very often. I also have to believe to some degree that I have a chance to take it away from him postflop because I want another chance to win the pot if i don't hit.
I'm more likely to reraise preflop than call, but I've also learned that I need to learn to call more often. I don't know, I just really despise AQ and avoid bad situations with it whenever possible.
Just my thoughts, I welcome any disagreements to what I just said from anyone because I doubt they're all correct thinking. If there is such thing as correct ...
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