I straddled UTG and got AQ
Join Date: Oct 2014
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Ok, before I get blasted for straddling UTG (only position you can straddle in my casino), I'd made a decision to play until my button hence I gambled with the straddle (yes, yes I shouldn't let my last few hands affect how I play!).
Anyway, it's 1/1, 9 handed
Hero UTG, £80, TAG image, not played too many hands
V1 UTG+1 Old Asian Nit 120
V2 MP Old Asian Nit Mark 2 200
V3 MP + 1, TAG Young Euro type 180
V4 CO young guy, quite aggressive 140
V5 Button Loose Asian guy 120
V6 BB Young guy, not very good, quite loose, has a few moves though
All the villains in question call until it gets to V6 in the BB. He raises to 13. I look down and see AQo. I'm thinking, hello, is the big blind trying to squeeze?
What does Hero do in this spot??
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Raise to $35, call it off.
gg
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BB could be squeezing but he could be going for value and still have a worse hand. Make it $30/$35 and call unless there is more then one shove/call shove. I would say go more because your raise isn't big relative to the pot/raise but your stack is short enough it doesn't matter.
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Shovel in the 40bb to take all the dead money
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Originally Posted by wewa925
Shovel in the 40bb to take all the dead money
+1
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not a good description of PFR. basically if you think you are ahead of his raising range, 3bet to $40 and get it in. i like this more than a shove because IMO loose players are more prone to calling this reraise rather than a shove when you have them crushed. if you aren't sure of his raising range, im assuming he has a big pair or AJ+ or AQ+ and just folding here. flatting pre is terrible
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His PFR is 77+, k10+ in this situation... That's my read so far anyway.
I reraised him to 40, it folded round back to him, he shipped it and I called.
He tabled AK. Luckily I hit a Q, but obviously pretty disappointed as I clearly must have played it wrong... Should I have just folded? Then I again, considering his range maybe it was the right move long term
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That's just how things go sometimes.
But you were getting the right price in the pot to call against his range, and sometimes you get there. Sometimes you don't.
I think the hand was played just fine.
