| Posted by: elric at June 21, 2005, 9:01 pm | | Topic: Do you raise with AQo in EP? Forum: Bonus Whores | IceNine wrote: the drawbacks are that the raise really isn't big enough to make the true donks fold their garbage, and good players will get a good read on you easily.
I disagree with the read in NL I like to mix it up a bit. I will raise everything pre-flop the same amount usually 3x - 8x blinds depending on what the table will allow. By raising with AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT, AKs, AQs, AJs, AK, AQ. Then to throw people who may or may not have a read on me I will throw in a few positional raises with anything and I mean anything. By mixing it up and all the raises are the same amount it makes it hard to know what I am raising with. When I raise and hit a flop with some junk hand it can put a player on tilt.
AQo is harder to play then small pairs & suited connectors post flop, with the pairs you are looking to make a set or possibly hold an open end str8 draw with the connectors you want a flush or a str8. With AQo you frequently drown post flop with this bad bitch.
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| Posted by: hofdaddy at June 21, 2005, 10:40 am | | Topic: Do you raise with AQo in EP? Forum: Bonus Whores | Full ring NL I would make a raise and see what's happening behind me. If the A comes I still bet out and be really leary if called. It's not a bad hand to have but not as good as AK if the A hits the flop. If the board bricks I still lead out but I usually go into check fold mode if called if the turn bricks again. If I see a Q on the flop then I come out firing like with the A but do not shut down on the turn if a non scary card comes out (10, J, K).
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| Posted by: HeelHo at June 20, 2005, 7:17 am | | Topic: Do you raise with AQo in EP? Forum: Bonus Whores | Top level competition gets the same cards we do. And I dont snipe to make one pair in NL. Maybe Im prejudiced by playing tourneys more often than ring in NL HE, but the only time I use AQ is to try to eliminate a short stack. It just doenst fight very well. And online its hard to read someone for a hand AQ is strong against, basically a weak ace is all you want to play , or someone with total trash , and total trash can still easily beat you. You just have to ask what you want to happen with AQ. And often its just not enough.
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| Posted by: LargeCents at June 19, 2005, 11:33 am | | Topic: Do you raise with AQo in EP? Forum: Bonus Whores | hackmage wrote: You know why AQ is called the Doyle Brunson in the south? Because he never plays that hand. It's a perennial loser, especially in NL. If you can get in cheap, I'd still limp in, but you're looking for the flop to really, really hit you.
Doyle plays against world class competition. Maybe you guys do also, I don't. AQo is a classic raise/fold hand. If your competition is especially tough or tricky, fold, otherwise raise. If your competition is especially tough or tricky, leave the freakin table. lmao | | Static Link |
| Posted by: IceNine at June 11, 2005, 7:03 pm | | Topic: Do you raise with AQo in EP? Forum: Bonus Whores | sometimes i raise, someimes i limp, sometimes i muck.
Actualy, lately what i've been doing is raising to 2 or 3x the blind. A little raise like that has advantages- trash will fold in the blinds, those hands that just call are the ones you want to call, KQ, QJ, AJ, etc, and the hands you're scared of (the dominators) have an easy re-raise that it's likewise easy to fold to, and all it costs is one BB. so postflop, you can be very confidant that you likely have the best hand if you make aces or queens.
the drawbacks are that the raise really isn't big enough to make the true donks fold their garbage, and good players will get a good read on you easily. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: hackmage at June 11, 2005, 6:41 pm | | Topic: Do you raise with AQo in EP? Forum: Bonus Whores | | You know why AQ is called the Doyle Brunson in the south? Because he never plays that hand. It's a perennial loser, especially in NL. If you can get in cheap, I'd still limp in, but you're looking for the flop to really, really hit you. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: macman at June 11, 2005, 5:57 pm | | Topic: Do you raise with AQo in EP? Forum: Bonus Whores | | At lower levels, I'll raise with it in EP. Fact is, if I'm going to play it, I'm going to raise with it. I'm also very ready to fold it if someone after me re-raises. At higher levels, unless it was the right kind of table, I wouldn't even play it from anything from late MP and after. I would still raise with it from those positions. I'm going to raise preflop about 80% of the time from EP because I'm only going to play premium starting pockets from that position. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Osric at June 11, 2005, 3:55 pm | | Topic: Do you raise with AQo in EP? Forum: Bonus Whores | I used to always raise with this in LHE. My switch to NL has me wondering whether it is even worth playing from EP. Especially offsuit, there seems to be a lot of problems with the hand if you miss...or even if you hit for that matter.
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