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AQs turn decision - standard line or misplayed hand? AQs turn decision - standard line or misplayed hand?

01-26-2020 , 12:31 PM
1-2 home game. Villain is 55 year old irish man, friendly with everyone at table but acts serious whenever he's in a hand. He generally plays solid/tough/ post-flop, betting aggressively with both big hands and marginal hands, but he also calls big bets with marginal hands and chases draws without correct pot odds. He makes loose calls preflop and once in a while will 3-bet with trash. He's down about 500 bucks this session (re-bought twice) so seems to be playing even looser than usual, and currently sitting with about 250.

Hero has 600 in front of him, even on the session so far (re-bought once), and has relatively TAG image.

A few people taking a smoke break, so currently 6-handed. Hero is UTG with AQ and opens for 10$. Villain is UTG+1 and calls, Button calls, everyone else folds.

Flop is 7QK
Hero bets 20$. Villain calls, Button folds.

Turn is 5
Hero bets 60$. Villain raises to 125$. Hero?
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01-26-2020 , 01:17 PM
If I'm reading it right the pot is $30 on flop, $70 on turn. If so your line is standard but your turn bet is too large. You are on the nut draw, there is no need to price out draws and few better hands that are going to fold.

When he nearly min raises you should call because you have the nut draw. It's around break even on it's own but the outside chance he will pay you off when you hit and shove river makes it +EV. If you do miss plan to check/fold river, you hand is just a bluff catcher at this point and your almost always beat.
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01-26-2020 , 01:27 PM
I prob go 30 OTF and CRAI turn. Could also c/r flop as our equity is great against any conceivable holding. Not terrible if it checks through as we love so many turn cards. I would often check AA and AQ on this board. Mostly betting QQ/KK/KQ. So we are balanced with either action.

V’s range is capped at Kx with his highest equity holdings OTT being KXss. We have a nuts advantage (AA/KK/QQ/KQ/77). He has none of those as he either 3-bets pre or raises flop. He also has many hands we crush that would peel a small flop bet like worse diamonds, TJ, AJss, QJ, QT, AQo.

So AP, with his eff stack, I am 3-bet shoving his turn raise.
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