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dalecooper

02-23-2005, 01:09 PM Post subject: A cautionary tale about AQ

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A lot of players would say you're way too tight if you fold AQ at any point in this hand, but I say this is a perfect example of how AQ can get you into trouble. I generally only like to play AQ in a full ring game if I can get in the first raise.

***** Hand History for Game 1635346269 *****
$50 NL Hold'em - Wednesday, February 23, 09:02:03 EDT 2005
Table Marshalls (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: stressball10 ( $82.77 )
Seat 2: rotsahruk ( $35.55 )
Seat 3: Kenny_Barron ( $41.85 )
Seat 4: Custer_Max ( $43 )
Seat 5: stu31 ( $152.7 )
Seat 6: foxyvcb ( $22.1 )
Seat 10: gg_no_re ( $50 )
Seat 9: Diskmaskin ( $56.2 )
Seat 8: krackkker ( $48.75 )
Seat 7: Countrywide ( $52.3 )
stu31 posts small blind [$0.5].
foxyvcb posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to stressball10 [ Ah Kh ]
Countrywide folds.
krackkker folds.
Diskmaskin folds.
gg_no_re folds.
stressball10 raises [$4].
rotsahruk calls [$4].
Kenny_Barron folds.
Custer_Max folds.
stu31 calls [$3.5].
foxyvcb folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ad, 4s, 7s ]
stu31 checks.
stressball10 bets [$9].
rotsahruk calls [$9].
stu31 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6d ]
stressball10 bets [$15].
rotsahruk calls [$15].
** Dealing River ** [ 8d ]
stressball10 bets [$8].
rotsahruk is all-In [$7.55]
stressball10 shows [ Ah, Kh ] a pair of aces.
rotsahruk doesn't show [ As, Qh ] a pair of aces.
stressball10 wins $0.45 from side pot #1 with a pair of aces with king kicker.
stressball10 wins $73.1 from the main pot with a pair of aces with king kicker.

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Khabbi

02-23-2005, 07:51 PM

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AQ seems to me like one of those "gap" hands. I will raise with it, but I doubt that I would call with it.

FlyingSaucy

02-23-2005, 09:42 PM

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Yup, Q kickers can sometimes be trouble. Obviously a Q on the flop is a better hand than if an A comes on the flop, because it is TPTK instead if an A on the flop it is TP with 2nd kicker.
Well played.

Greedo017

02-24-2005, 06:34 AM

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i'd say one of my favorite hands happened just yesterday with me having aq, up against ak. I was in mp him after me, i raise on the flop, he calls. flop brings an ace. was a .20/.40 table, i had a big stack (80ish), he had 40ish, and i think there might've even been another caller and/or more raising preflop, because on the flop i know i threw out a 10-15 dollar bet. he raised, i push he calls. I see how screwed I am, and then the river brings a queen.

i really really wanted to feel bad about it, but i just couldn't. and, while true i did make a bad read on what he had, i'd probably make that call/push most times, because more often than not at the limits i'm at i'm gonna be dominating.

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