Originally Posted by Nakamura

This will probably sound weird but I tend to just fold AQo PF here in a DON.

Originally Posted by Nakamura

As played, I don't play the non-turbos but I am never folding here. I see enough crazy re-raises with Qx, slow-played AA or KK, PPs or FDs to pretty much never fold in these spots.

I'm not a huge fan of your raise size. I prefer to just shove over his reraise, since the money is going in anyway if he has Q2 or 22 and if he has Qx another flush card may just spook him and you won't end up stacking him. This guy is almost never folding Qx to a shove here.

If your question is whether to fold after he shoves, I certainly don't think you can fold after you 3-bet getting 2.5:1 given his betting range.

The alternative way to play the hand is to call the flop bet, giving him the opportunity to bluff or bet weaker hands on the turn/river, while giving him the opportunity not to extract the maximum with a FH. Players often tend to get tricky in these spots and put in smaller bets instead of hand ranging you properly and getting it AI by the river. I tend not to like this line since we are OOP and we allow him to get away with checking the turn/river with weaker Qx hands.

Originally Posted by drmcboy

most important point is what nak said about flop raise, this size doesn't make sense vs anything. It's easy for non Qs to fold, but makes the price very good for a FD since you clearly have Qx and you're never going to fold so it's ~2500 to him to try and win what is out there now plus the rest of your stack. If the plan was to fold to a turn spade instead you're giving worse Qx a chance to "bluff" you out if they don't care about the spade, or semi bluff you out if the have something like KsQh. Or they don't do that but then find a fold on the river after you shove into the world's spookiest board.