Hi,

V is unk.



Bet on the flop might have been wrong, however if I let him cbet I think I play pretty blind so I decided to bet and fold if he re-raises. Turn is a blank so I decided to fire 2nd barrel, rather for protection given I no longer have by BFD. River completes his flush from AJ / AK of clubs. Do you bet here as well? I decided to x/f in case he bets big.

Whould it be a good idea to have sometimes such line pre with QQ+ for balancing my range?

I say he has something like Kings . Able to 3bet pre, not giving up vs mild agression (he puts you on weak aces often enough to not raise) and checking the river to keep the pot small / realize showdown value.

While pre, I'd say that check calling or c/r might be better since we can expect a cbet of him so often when he 3bets pre and an ace flops on a board that gives broadway guts and flush draws. When you bet, you miss MP2 bluffing or CO putting dead money into the pot.

If he has AK, you can't do much. If he has KK, donking might even be better when you think he'd check it down.

Never balance your range at that buy in.

Thanks!

i personally fold this pre, as i dont expect an unk to be 3beting vs utg open without the nuts

I never fold here pre you only have to put 60 chips in for a 300 chip pot with AQ. This is a 1$ sng and if i play there a lot and see an unknown player i usually assume he's a fish. Since after playing for a while i'll have many hands on all the regulars.

misread the sizing

Thanks for replies!

Indeed, I am hesitant to call 3bet with AQo when I assume he 3bets only nuts. However decided to call it pre due to favorable pot odds.

yeah yeah. i assumed he 3x or something

if you cant call you dont have to fold the AQo vs 3bet. just put it in your 4bet bluff range. got great blockers for it also.

He's betting 120 to potentially win 117 pre if you fold or to have a great c-bet opportunity into a pot of 180 post if you flat. I'm seeing people do this line with air often enough now that I'm calling the legit hands and at least seeing the flop given the pot odds - because if you assume this is always QQ+ and fold then they should do this with any two.

If villain is unknown, why are we assuming that they are only 3b the nuts?

R/c pre here is fine, don't really like r/f or turning AQo into a 4b bluff.

Think we should be x/c this flop though, keep all their bluffs in.

Wouldn't be too worried about flush OTR as you have Qd blocker which takes out most of their flush combos that would 3b you pre.