Tricky AQ hand

[Stripclubjunkie]

Table Dancing Leaf - $0.25/$0.50 -
Seat 1: spencerraises ($39.25)
Seat 2: Stripclubjunkie ($46.25)
Seat 3: vboy816 ($35.90)
Seat 4: whslim ($39.50)
Seat 5: adcap ($21.60)
Seat 6: jd9er ($15.85)
Seat 7: Isenheim ($118.90)
Seat 8: MN FAN ($0), is sitting out
Seat 9: Myamekns ($44.25)
whslim posts the small blind of $0.25
MN FAN stands up
adcap posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stripclubjunkie [Qd Ac]
jd9er raises to $15.85, and is all in
diana park adds $10
Isenheim folds
Myamekns has 15 seconds left to act
Myamekns folds
spencerraises folds
Stripclubjunkie has 15 seconds left to act
Stripclubjunkie calls $15.85
vboy816 raises to $35.90, and is all in
whslim folds
adcap folds
Stripclubjunkie ?? I called because he had went all-in alot, but when vboy reraises he shows real strength. What to do.

[DrDrei]

Even against someone who goes all-in a lot, AQ is a pretty marginal hand. You'd fold it to a normal raise most of the time, so why not fold it to an all-in? Even against someone who will go all in with any pocket pair or any ace higher than A8, you're behind here more often than you're ahead.

Secondly, if you are going to play here, you should reraise to isolate. You have live players behind you (a good reason to just fold in the first place, since one of them might wake up with a real hand). A raise might dissuade someone coming in after you for favorable odds.

As played, I think you have to fold here.

[Muxy]

ahhhhhhhh fold.

[Fnord]

I won't fault ya for the first call.
Second time around it's really close. I think you call $15 more here, but fold for $20 more.

[Stripclubjunkie]

I did fold when reraised 20$ more, but they showed A8o and ATs...So I was very close to 50% favourite...

Strip

[DrDrei]

Sounds like you're playing in a game full of maniacs.

[natdang]

Yeah, there's no way you could justify that call. The reraise showed some real strength, most often AK, KK, or AA.

[bunthorne]

Even against someone who goes all-in a lot, AQ is a pretty marginal hand. You'd fold it to a normal raise most of the time, so why not fold it to an all-in? Even against someone who will go all in with any pocket pair or any ace higher than A8, you're behind here more often than you're ahead.

Secondly, if you are going to play here, you should reraise to isolate. You have live players behind you (a good reason to just fold in the first place, since one of them might wake up with a real hand). A raise might dissuade someone coming in after you for favorable odds.

As played, I think you have to fold here.

I agree with DrDrei.

AQ can be a trap hand which can cost you a lot of cash.

You should not have called the all-in as you had a player behind you still to act. If you must play it you have to reraise to isolate the all-in player, but remember that AQ is not as strong as many players think and tends to be overvalued. It is an underdog to any pair and a huge dog to AK.

The right move was to fold preflop. Had you been last to play, you would have been in a stronger position.

[Stripclubjunkie]

I know my biggest mistake was not push all in... But will probably fold preflop next time.