Big ace facing raise on turn

Game type: 1/2 NL Cash
Your image: Tight
Misc notes: You’ve been at the table for 20 min. & the only pot you won did not go to showdown
Your hand: A♦Q♣

The setup: In middle position you raise 3x BB and get two callers. The flop comes:

2♦A♠10♣.

You bet out 3/4 pot on the flop and the button calls. Turn is 4♥. You bet $35 into a $50 pot and now the button makes it $100. What is your play?

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lespat

I wish you had played a little more aggro, but now I think you have to lay down. It’s only one pair, and it’s hard to think of many hands past a cold bluff that you’re ahead of.

If you were going to be weak on the turn, might as well have checked to control the pot size and induce a bluff.

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Kyle

This is a really tough call. If you had any information on your opponent, it could make your decision easier. Your opponent could easily be on AJ/A9 etc. or be as good as 10-10 or A-10. The only reasonable plays are to re-raise or fold. I tend to agree with the fold option. Theres no shame in letting go of this hand. Your opponents may think it will be easy to push you around and this will be valuable when you make a big hand. Tell the table you folded 2 pair and get paid later when they come after you.

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Ripp

20 min and havent shown down a hand. this would be the time. he has position and just mad a move, call. then check the river to him. the strait with 35 wouldent see a flop, A10 or A2 would have come over top on the flop, so your only worries are AK and A4. he knows you’re tight and trying to steal a pot from you, call him down. if you come over top of him and go all in, you can scare him off but you can also be broke. call him, and get a read, make your river decision off of that.

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