1-2-3 AQ suited OOP
Hero: AhQh preflop EP ($250)
Villain: middle-aged asian gentleman with lots of jewelry in his mid 50s most likely EP+1 ($1.2k)
PRE:
Hero raises to $30 with straddle and two flatters for $6 straddle in EP
Villain to the left of hero calls
FLOP: AsLowdLowc ~$70
Hero checks OOP (trying new strategy of checking range OOP on flop)
Villain bets $20
Hero calls
TURN: Lowd ~$110
Villain bets $50 I call
RIVER: is Ac ~$210
Villain bets $50 and says "i have it"
Hero? (~$150 behind)
Is this just a standard shove on the river? Would anyone consider taking a different line? I'm liking @docvail's advice about checking range OOP but wondering if we should do something different on the turn when the second diamond hits? Maybe not because we'd be projecting our hand strength and taking away the opportunity for villain to bluff?
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Just put what the board is.
i didn't remember the exact cards so I put down what I remembered. Most likely because I was playing the very next hand
Personally, I check/raise the turn after being so passive on the flop.
If I check/call the turn, there is no way I'm folding the river. His speech makes me not want to shove, though, but who knows what that means?
That said, we need to know the other cards. Is there a straight possible?
I don't remember the cards unfortunately but I believe a straight was possible by the turn. I tried writing things down as fast as possible as I was involved in the very next hand and couldn't recall all the details, only the suits
Raising the straddle x5 with AQo when you're <45bb deep seems like a bad plan.
It would be much more useful to know the actual cards on board, for the sake of ranging V.
That said, without that info, V's line doesn't look like he has a very strong hand, when he stabs small (less than 1/3 pot) on the flop, barrels less than 1/2 pot on turn, and then "same bets" it on the river. His speech makes him sound even weaker.
If I thought V had a hand that was strong enough to call off a small raise, I'd raise small. But here, at this stack depth, it's kind of dicey, and I'm curious what he has, so I might just call and wait for him to roll his hand before we show. Yeah, we're slow-rolling, but I think it's all fair when he uses speech play.
Depending on the actual board, I might be able to find a jam here. It would be very hard to fold to a $50 river barrel into $210.
@Always Fondling - I've been raising small to 15-20 but end up getting 4+ callers to the flop so I've been adjusting my preflop raise size a bit larger so I only get 1-2 callers
@Always Fondling - I've been raising small to 15-20 but end up getting 4+ callers to the flop so I've been adjusting my preflop raise size a bit larger so I only get 1-2 callers
There is certainly the risk of more players calling a smaller raise, but raising larger means that you're relying now on potential fold equity even though the flop SPR <4.
With AQo, your hand is likely best if there is an A on the flop, even against 3-4 players. If you whiff, it's then less painful to fold when you spend 3-4BB rather than 5-7BB preflop.
ahhh. Good point about paying attention to SPR as well while playing with these other variables like bet size
