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AQ 100nl 3bet pot turn spot

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  1. #1

    Default AQ 100nl 3bet pot turn spot

    UTG is a TAG reg, but I have <100 hands on him. again no dynamic/history

    really not sure what to do in this spot since AJs is probably the worst Ax in his range and he may not be defending that.

    I probably shouldn't have 3bet unless I assume he calls with worse Ax

    for the sake of argument lets say he does defend with worse Ax. are we b/f turn + shoving riv?

    if we were villain would this be a good card to shove with clubs?

    Seat 1: TyTu^oIoPyTu ($78.45 in chips)
    Seat 2: s0simple08 ($117.30 in chips)
    Seat 3: DrPappy13 ($100 in chips)
    Seat 4: VI-Popsmak ($106.15 in chips)
    Seat 5: Ussury_Tiger ($116.10 in chips)
    Seat 6: DrGreve ($101.50 in chips)
    VI-Popsmak: posts small blind $0.50
    Ussury_Tiger: posts big blind $1
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to VI-Popsmak [Qc Ah]
    DrGreve: raises $2 to $3
    TyTu^oIoPyTu: folds
    s0simple08: folds
    DrPappy13: folds
    VI-Popsmak: raises $8 to $11
    Ussury_Tiger: folds
    DrGreve: calls $8
    *** FLOP *** [Kc Ad 4c]
    VI-Popsmak: bets $12
    DrGreve: calls $12
    *** TURN *** [Kc Ad 4c] [Ks]
    VI-Popsmak:
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  2. #2
    Hmmm, there's not a lot of worse hands that would play like this, but I can't really see him have anything better than you have here either. The few combos that beat you, usually 4bet. It allmost has to be exactly AQ, or AJ.

    There shouldn't be a lot of flush draws in his range either, besides AJs. And I think the K is a very bad card to bluff here because there are a lot more K's in your range than his. How many K's are there in his range really?

    If he shoves i'd expect him to have some slow played near nuts-type of hand allmost every time.

    So yes, b/f, and shove the river, maybe he even folds a split.
  3. #3
    hmm thanks tom you convinced me our hand is stronger than I thought it was. I bet he is almost never shoving the turn anyways since he would continue slowplaying AK/KK/AA if he had them
    Quote Originally Posted by Carroters
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  4. #4
    I would need strong reads on villain, and strong reads on a wide callign range to 3bets to be 3betting AQ here.

    As played, I would check and re-eval. If he has a low 4bet, he can definitely have AK here.
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  5. #5
    As I recall, this dude folds to quite a lot of 3-bets so I defo don't like preflop at all. With the info you have it's defo always a call preflop.
  6. #6
    I would rather c/reval the turn because its hard to get called by worse when u bet and it looks like a spot that you could possibly be bet/folding a large part of your range which makes it a bit exploitable against good players. A lot of it depends on his 3b calling frequencies as well. When u do 3 bet SB vs UTG ur range looks super strong too so for him to flat the flop is pretty strong as well. Given that the implied odds against ur perceived range are very high I would give him more suited connectors and small pocket pairs in this spot than usual. If thats the case then his flatting range on the flop could include some more non-nutted stuff like small FD's and stuff which might try to bluff on the turn. At the same time his value range for flatting the flop is super strong so i guess soul reading is the only way out of this. Not 3betting pre-flop would not put us in this spot and i agree with the rest that it is more of a flat preflop .
  7. #7
    I wouldn't 3b preflop until you have more info on your opponent. Plus you keep dominated hands in his range. Plus you can rep wider postflop and turn your hand into a bluff more easily if need be. Also, if you flat, the 3-betting % of the big-blind may come into play... if the BB is a heavy squeezer you can perhaps profitably ship depending on his range.

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