Quote Originally Posted by flyingPenguin
When I reraise with AQ and get a call, what am I supposed to be making money from? Opps missed flop for a smaller pot. Draws and fish who call down with KQ for bigger pots. Added EV to other reraised hands due to the larger range. What else? I guess once the flop bet is called it becomes very much read dependent.
Yes, when you 3bet AQ, get called, then your cbet gets called on a Axx or Qxx flop you should be concerned. If you are 3betting 4x or more pre-flop, then yes AQ will be dominated by everything that calls.

Keep in mind what you're trying to accomplish. You are raising more to chase out hands. Ok, so you chase out all the hands you beat. You want low pp to call. Maybe they call a cbet (which is a large bet now) on a Q52 or 469 flop thinking you whiffed? You are not necessarily wrong paying off a set post-flop in a re-raised pot either. It depends on how you do it and who you're doing it against.

Now, where do you make money? Everytime villain calls pre-flop then folds to a cbet. Some will do this with JQ, 97, etc. Many will do this with pp and weaker A.

It's not about stacking (because it is just one pair after the flop). It's about getting value early from your good hands especially vs villains that love to see the flop before they fold. What buy-in are you playing at anyway?