NL 2 6max zoom AQs

I'm raising to like 60c and folding to a shove, only slowing down if the Q or T hits or the flush completes.

EDIT - If SB and BB fold I put UTG all in on the turn regardless of the card. And calling if UTG ships after they fold on the flop.

Hi Lukas619

Preflop: looks fine

Postflop: this is an ugly spot indeed. Bets 4-way like this are almost always strong and you have no indication that villain is a monkey or a fish so actually a hero fold does not seem bad at all.

The second option would be raising but what do we do vs a shove when we'd have so little behind?

Given the texture, whether it's SB vs. BB given they only elected to call preflop you can assume J,K Q,K Q,J T,Q + any flush draw. Sometimes a random gutter or raggy ace.

So I fold.

However, as you say leading into a 4-way is perceived as a strong play - so what's our aggressive play say about our hand? They shove with better/FD fold with worse virtually every time imo. Leaving us with the Shorty who as I mentioned previous I am happy to get in with and assume I am ahead

Of course we do have a nut gutshot straight as well....

This would be the way I PERSONALLY would play the hand unless you have some words of caution or ridicule - Either is good

He pots the hand 4-way here so he likes his hand. Either that or he bluffed so I will not make any assumption of potentially getting him to fold his better hand.

When people tell me they are strong and I have no reason to not believe them I just step away from the hand/scenario.

Best case scenario for us is that we get it in vs KQdd and even that has a ton of equity vs us. And if we are behind we are pretty much far behind.