Quote Originally Posted by johnnyBuz
Quote Originally Posted by Fnord
Quote Originally Posted by johnnyBuz
So is check-raising never an option with a hand like AQ here then?
What are you trying to accomplish?
Push a hand like 88-KK off who will c-bet and take it down on the flop while still getting a bet out of him. If he sticks around, check/fold or check/call the turn and river based on your read.

Reasonable or bad play?
You dont want to push a worse hand off that is only drawing to two outs, on a board like this Im not worried about him drawing out on me if he has a better hand and a c/c is fine and will get more value out of worse hands. On a more draw heavy board Id be more likely to c/r here [or lead depending on my opponent], but here we should be fine to c/c.

As played Im probably folding to the flop raise without any other reads.