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4-bet pot with AQo

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Casey55
Joined: 19.07.2010

Villain's stats: VPIP 21/ PFA 21/ AF 0 ( 24 hands)

PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $0.01/$0.02 - 5 players
Hand delivered by Upswing Poker

UTG: $1.93 (97 bb)
CO (Hero): $2.11 (106 bb)
BU: $1.65 (83 bb)
SB: $0.92 (46 bb)
BB: $2.13 (107 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.03) Hero is CO with Q A
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.06, BTN 3-bets to $0.18, 2 players fold, Hero 4-bets to $0.60, BTN calls $0.42

Flop: ($1.23) T K A (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $0.60, Hero calls $0.60

Turn: ($2.43) 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $0.45 (all-in), Hero calls $0.45

this is a range I assigned villain:

I over-looked the stack sizes after the flop, not used to being in 4-bet pots, I think my plan was to call flop and fold to later streets but on the turn I looked at villain's remaining stack behind and realized I can't fold lol. Can we bet this flop or is it usually a check in your opinion? I have an idea you guys will say to call the 3-bet instead of 4-betting and I can understand that very much but I decided to go for the raise and thought maybe villain was trying to play his position with not only nut range, maybe this is not an assumption we should make without data? how do you play this?

We are being laid pot odds of 3:1 when villain bets 60c , so is this an easy call or do we have to wonder if we are ever good 1/4 times? Our hands equity rises to about the 33% mark if villain takes this line with AJs, but does he does this with AJs or AQ? I'm not sure. If he doesn't do this with AQ I don't think we can call flop


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LMcrow
Joined: 15.08.2006

your 4bet size is wayyy to large. A maximum of 2,5 x 3betsize is more then enough. You should work on that because on the flop pot is gonna be huge if he calls and you achieve same folds with smaller 4bet. 4betting AQ vs BTN is fine. Its kinda a semibluff. You block most of the nutted hands. It depends on villian and on the playerpool a bit. This villian plays NL 2 and his tendencies are very tight, and i dont think he has a proper understanding on an aggressive BTN 3bet range. So you can assume his 3bet range from the BTN is like 5 % maybe. So i would just call as a defend or even fold maybe this hand oop. But i think even 4betting vs this player seems fine.

As played on the flop you cant really do anything because of the potsize already bigger then opponent stack. And his range is like QJ KK AK AT KT TT and you block even QQ. I would just ending up check folding. You only beat AJ and JJ. So i would just shove or fold. I think folding is slitly better. Given that he has very tight tendencies. And as played if he bets .60 cents here just fold or get it in


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Ramble
Joined: 17.11.2008

I'm calling his 3-bet pre-flop (most of the time), check-calling flop, depending on sizing I'm check-calling turn, and then if he barrels a third time on river, I'm check-folding.


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SamoB25
Joined: 02.10.2009

I don't know man, it's not bad to fold offsuit AQ pre-flop as well, even if you are blocking lots of stuff... Especially in cash game


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

I would try to keep the pot small out of position and with a 4bet you blowing up the pot.
Especially against smaller stack it's easy to get committed post-flop.
I think calling the 3bet is a little bit better, but if villain is tight a fold isn't to bad ether.

Cheers,
SDK1987


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