Originally Posted by Alexos

Given his sizing I feel like fold>raise>call since he's unknwon

Originally Posted by Toadstool

hmmm, assuming you were to continue in the hand, would you rather have Q9ss or two red aces here?

Originally Posted by Toadstool

It was just a quick thought. If we fold Q9 here, on this board, then raising must be hugely profitable for villain? and if we don't fold Q9, then what is our equity against his range assuming we shove (or whatever we do to get the money in) and he calls? I'd imagine it wouldn't be much worse than our equity with two red aces if we shove? I said red aces because I think they'd do slightly better than if we two black aces, as it eliminates the Axss combos. lets say we shove, and he calls with a draw 50% of the time, and 6x 50% of the time.

Hand 0: 28.333% 28.32% 00.02% 2523 1.50 { AA }
Hand 1: 71.667% 71.65% 00.02% 6384 1.50 { As8s, Kh6d }


Hand 0: 22.854% 22.63% 00.23% 448 4.50 { Qs9s }
Hand 1: 77.146% 76.92% 00.23% 1523 4.50 { As8s, Kh6d }

Obviously this is really simplistic, and there are a lot more factors, Q9 does a lot better against a range which is more heavily weighted towards 6x than draws. The more his range consists of draws (good ones) the better AA does.