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dpcjsr
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08-25-2004, 04:33 PM
Post subject: Folding AQs to all-in bet pre-flop
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Albuquerque, NM
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My best hand last night for 3 SnG's was AQs under the gun. I bet 3BB, one guy calls, and the BB goes all-in.... I think. I fold. Never go broke with AQs. Yeah, but in a SnG game that hand does not come along very often. The BB was an agressive player but that was the first and only time he ever went all-in pre-flop. Even if he was playing a small to medium pair I would only have about 50% chance of winning and if he had AA, KK, or AK I was dominated. His unusually large bet, which was different from all of his previous actions, made me fold. From there my chips dwindled until my last mediocre attempt to double up with far lesser cards and I was out.
So, would you fold this AQ's to an all-in bet around level 3 of an SnG $10 at PP? I know it would have been my best bet that night but in the long run is this true?
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Krapp
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Round 3 of an SnG is fairly early to go all-in with AQ. I would only do it if I am only risking <20% of my stack.
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jmrogers7
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Full House
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What Krapp said. Plus, you sound like you had a pretty good read on the player so it sounds like you made the right decision.
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fishstick
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Full House
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good call (not to call).
if the player seemed decent, it could have been a "going all-in preflop 3rd level is kind of lame and makes it look like i don't really want a call, but if i do this with AA or KK, maybe someone will think i don't really want to be called, and call me" play.
i hope that made sense.
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i hate what i have become to escape what i hated being...
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Humphrind
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Kansas City
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I'll agree with krapp as well. If it won't cost you too much of your stack, call. In the early stages of this SnG I'm guessing that it will cost you most or all of your stack. Good laydown.
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I don't know what they have to say
It makes no difference anyway.
Whatever it is...
I'm against it.
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JJgoneMAD
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Straight
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: NJ
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by jmrogers7
What Krapp said. Plus, you sound like you had a pretty good read on the player so it sounds like you made the right decision.
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I agree with Jim and i also agree with Krapp.
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thnl
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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i agree with what jjgone mad, said about agreeing with what jmrogers7 said about agreeing with krapp said. name the movie with a VERY similar quote and i will be amazed
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dpcjsr
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Albuquerque, NM
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Thanks for the replies.
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JJgoneMAD
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Straight
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Originally Posted by thnl
i agree with what jjgone mad, said about agreeing with what jmrogers7 said about agreeing with krapp said. name the movie with a VERY similar quote and i will be amazed
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That's funny man. I give up though, i can't come up with the name of the movie. I think there actually was a movie with a very similar line as you said.. can't remember it though. Come on, spit it out.
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thnl
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: alaska usa
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ah give up so easily a. alright it was blazing sadles, easily one of the funniest movies of all time
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JJgoneMAD
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by thnl
name the movie with a VERY similar quote and i will be amazed
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Let me take a guess... Blazing Saddles? 
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thnl
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: alaska usa
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haha very funny you cheated! 
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johnnyawe
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agree with thnl.
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JJgoneMAD
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Straight
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Honesty is the best policy kind of boo? j/k
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