Daily Hand Quiz

Well honestly I’m not really sure what I’d do. Its hard without a read on villain. Part of me wants to call to see a flop, play some poker, and hopefully hit something juicy. But there are still 3 players to act after you (button and blinds). So raising might work to try to isolate against the villain – but then what? Lets say the flop is all unders, no pairs – pretty dry. Villain bets. Now what? Call? Raise? What about if you hit your ace, no hearts, with 2 unders. Villain bets. What now? Would you be worried about kicker problems? If you hit the ace on the flop and villain checks is it time to raise to see where your at? Any thoughts? Thanx!

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Re-raise.

First, the counter-arguments:

1) You only have AQs. If you’re up against Aces, Kings, or Queens, you’re in real trouble. If you’re up against a pair, you’re in not-great shape.

2) He has you covered. So if this gets to the showdown, you can leave the tournament.

Now, the arguments for a raise:

1) Once you’re in the money, re-raising a late raiser with a medium-sized raise should be a point of basic, core strategy. Force people to play for all their chips if they are not obviously strong.

2) While AQs is not a great calling hand, it’s a really good raising hand. If the hijack calls (or re-raises), you’ll have all the information you need.

3) If he calls, you want it to be just you and him. So a big raise here gets that done.

4) Given the size of his raise, there is a non-trivial chance that you can take the pot down right now.

I double the pot.

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You have position and the big stack opens an unopened pot for about the size of the pot into blinds that are getting shortish (M=10) but can wait for a hand. You have a decent hand and can increase your stack by 25% right now with a fold. If he calls a raise you still have position on him, with a stack big enough to hurt him. If the button raises it could be a squeeze given your image as laggy. I say go with it, and raise, if the button re-raises asses the situation but it looks like an opportunity to increase your stack to make a deep run.

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WOT A STUPID FUKING QUESTION!!!

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Am I the only one who has trouble reconciling the title of the quiz (“AQ in late position, deep ITM”) with the setup (“The bubble just broke a few hands ago”)?

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beatpicks Reply:
December 30th, 2009 at 10:20 pm

good call

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I am with the raise contingent. You have position on the initial raiser, and image may give hand less creditability. Calling invites the blinds in. Make it $10.5K. Fold to a 4-bet.

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3b/f is pretty bad here, just turning a strong hand into a pure bluff, flat is way better than 3b/f. But saying that I make a small 3b to like 8888 and call a shove.

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