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Originally Posted by MikeStarr
I called. He had AQ (no club) and his hand held up. So my call was correct with 36% equity but I think this is a good example of hands that you force yourself into a bad position to make a correct call. I can tell myself "look how bad I run" or I can review the hand honestly and admit that I did it to myself by being too aggressive in a tough spot.
You can't evaluate whether the call was correct by looking at your equity vs. that specific hand.
I do think it's a call but I can't find any reasonable range that gives you 36% equity. This is about the best I can do and it gives 32.8% equity: {QQ-99,AQs-ATs,KTs+,Q8s+,J9s+,T9s,AcKc,Ac9c,Kc9c,Ac8c,Kc8c,Jc 8c,Tc8c,9c8c,Ac7c,Kc7c,Qc7c,Jc7c,Tc7c,9c7c,8c7c,Ac 6c,Kc6c,9c6c,8c6c,7c6c,Ac5c,Kc5c,7c5c,6c5c,Ac4c,Kc 4c,6c4c,5c4c,Ac3c,Kc3c,Ac2c,Kc2c,AQo-AJo,KTo+,Q9o+,J9o+,T9o,AdKc,AhKc,AsKc,AcKd,AcKh,Ac Ks,AcTd,AcTh,AcTs,Ac9d,Ac9h,Ac9s,Kd9c,Kh9c,Ks9c,Kc 9d,Kc9h,Kc9s}
And if we add some more made hands and drop the weaker draws it could be as bad as 22.4%: {99+,AQs,KQs,Q2s+,JTs,AcKc,Ac9c,Kc9c,Ac8c,Kc8c,Jc8 c,Tc8c,9c8c,Ac7c,Kc7c,Jc7c,Tc7c,9c7c,8c7c,Ac6c,Kc6 c,Tc6c,9c6c,8c6c,7c6c,Ac5c,Kc5c,9c5c,8c5c,7c5c,6c5 c,Ac4c,Kc4c,8c4c,7c4c,6c4c,5c4c,Ac3c,Kc3c,6c3c,5c3 c,4c3c,Ac2c,Kc2c,AQo,KQo,Q9o+,JTo,AcJd,AcJh,AcJs,K cJd,KcJh,KcJs,KdTc,KhTc,KsTc,KcTd,KcTh,KcTs}
Second range is pretty much a worst case scenario though. Since you only need like 24% equity it's almost certainly correct to call. I do think the flop bet and especially the turn bet are mistakes though. And with the turn bet sizing it's a little tricky whether to call a shove. If you bet less on the turn, say, 1/2 pot, you can probably get away from the hand if he shoves. If you bet more, say, pot, it's a snap call if he shoves.
I'm not sure if you were suggesting you're too aggressive generally or just here, but generally you might actually be too passive (IMHO). You just sometimes pick bad spots for aggression, particularly when you have good but not amazing showdown value. You seem to get it in by the turn unusually often.