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Originally Posted by ZuneIt
I thought viewers might appreciate revisiting this post. This is what I often find - not all rec players pay attention - some rec players do pay attention and are usually applying info learned about opponents that has value- some rec players some rec players pay attention but often times apply info that has no value in the decision making process. $7 vs. $6 raise.......
IMHO, I believe that if you think the vast majority of rec players are non-thinking players, I think that's a leak in your game. If you can identify a rec player who thinks & confirm whether he's applying the info he's gained appropriately, that's +Ev.
$7 vs. $6 raise
Agreed there. Some people are very good at observing others but terrible at the strategy of poker. You may say they lack strategic fundamentals, but are great at reading the table.
As for the original question about how much to raise AQs OOP, it all depends on table dynamics, as others have stated. It only makes sense to raise AQ if others are calling with AJ and worse. To put it into perspective: In the early stages of deepstack 10K buyin tournaments, AQo is garbage because it doesn't flop well, it makes medium strength paired hands that are transparent, it loses big pots and wins small ones. But in your local 1-2$ game, where people are raising to 15$ and getting 5 callers, AQs is going to dominate a lot of hands players call with. In fact, raising more is the one way we eek out a little edge, provided opponents aren't awake. If you're calling $10 when you're calling, but you're betting $20 when called, you're developing an edge, provided the table doesn't adjust, which it may or may not. Saying that is bloating the flop OOP belies your lack of faith in your post-flop skills imo. You don't have to stack off on an A-2-3 board when you flop TPGK and if you were to put a lot of chips in the middle that would probably be the case whether the initial raise was for 10 or 20$, either way. Vs at 1-2 are very poor at adjusting to pot sizes and are much more inclined to bet in absolute sizes. Ie. I raise to 10$ and get 5 callers, V is betting 20$ into a $50, vs. I raise to $20, get 5 callers, villian bets $30 into a $100 pot. They know to bet more the bigger the pot is, but it generally isn't a 1 to 1 ratio, so bloating the pot doesn't make decisions are difficult as one may think.