AQs vs. Hyper Aggressive Player
Villian is playing transparently aggressive, in my reasonably short time with him (~1hr) he has raised the VAST majority when folded to him in late position. c/o to sb.
Do you raise?
Will you call the re-raise?
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PokerStars Game #13953127003: Tournament #70445437, $25.00+$2.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/12/18 - 21:59:32 (ET)
Table '70445437 118' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: WPThero (12145 in chips)
Seat 2: Stark_India (13400 in chips)
Seat 3: KimchiNutz (18258 in chips)
Seat 4: Kristy_Sea (10870 in chips)
Seat 5: K-TOWN DADDY (17341 in chips)
Seat 6: ScottieM1206 (2105 in chips)
Seat 7: EBJR (12824 in chips)
Seat 8: madscout (27560 in chips)
Seat 9: blazers01 (5595 in chips)
WPThero: posts the ante 25
Stark_India: posts the ante 25
KimchiNutz: posts the ante 25
Kristy_Sea: posts the ante 25
K-TOWN DADDY: posts the ante 25
ScottieM1206: posts the ante 25
EBJR: posts the ante 25
madscout: posts the ante 25
blazers01: posts the ante 25
Kristy_Sea: posts small blind 200
K-TOWN DADDY: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kristy_Sea [Ac Qc]
ScottieM1206: folds
EBJR: folds
madscout: folds
blazers01: folds
WPThero: folds
Stark_India: folds
KimchiNutz: raises 800 to 1200
Kristy_Sea: raises 2000 to 3200
K-TOWN DADDY: folds
KimchiNutz: raises 15033 to 18233 and is all-in
Do you raise?
Will you call the re-raise?
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PokerStars Game #13953127003: Tournament #70445437, $25.00+$2.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/12/18 - 21:59:32 (ET)
Table '70445437 118' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: WPThero (12145 in chips)
Seat 2: Stark_India (13400 in chips)
Seat 3: KimchiNutz (18258 in chips)
Seat 4: Kristy_Sea (10870 in chips)
Seat 5: K-TOWN DADDY (17341 in chips)
Seat 6: ScottieM1206 (2105 in chips)
Seat 7: EBJR (12824 in chips)
Seat 8: madscout (27560 in chips)
Seat 9: blazers01 (5595 in chips)
WPThero: posts the ante 25
Stark_India: posts the ante 25
KimchiNutz: posts the ante 25
Kristy_Sea: posts the ante 25
K-TOWN DADDY: posts the ante 25
ScottieM1206: posts the ante 25
EBJR: posts the ante 25
madscout: posts the ante 25
blazers01: posts the ante 25
Kristy_Sea: posts small blind 200
K-TOWN DADDY: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kristy_Sea [Ac Qc]
ScottieM1206: folds
EBJR: folds
madscout: folds
blazers01: folds
WPThero: folds
Stark_India: folds
KimchiNutz: raises 800 to 1200
Kristy_Sea: raises 2000 to 3200
K-TOWN DADDY: folds
KimchiNutz: raises 15033 to 18233 and is all-in
Comments
Re-steal would be fine in this spot but I would do it with a weaker hand. With AQs I would see a flop and see if he will spew some chips if you hit.
P.S. In the 0.2448979591837% chance that the villain has the only hand that you are not getting good odds to call - AA - then f*ck EV!
The answer to that boys and girls is "because I'm very likely to be getting money in good". and that's the point of poker
Re-raise, and snap call.. then shout out "I'll see you in hell $27!!"
You want to get his money before someone else takes it
Someone harder to take it from
Mark
KimchiNutz: raises 15033 to 18233 and is all-in
Kristy_Sea: calls 7645 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Kd 9c 8h]
*** TURN *** [Kd 9c 8h] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 9c 8h 7d] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Kristy_Sea: shows [Ac Qc] (a pair of Sevens)
KimchiNutz: shows [Ks Th] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
KimchiNutz collected 22315 from pot
I guess I was just wondering if anyone thought this was setting myself up for too big of a gamble? Is it better to play this more passively? It sounds like most of you are in the same school of thought as I originally was.
Thanks!
I don't think I would put 30% of my stack in there as my original move. You are pretty much committed to the hand once you do that so why not push and hopefully gain a bit of fold equity?
Now, if you want to do this in hopes he'll think you are on a total re-steal as a ploy to get him to push, not a bad idea but it is a high variance move. I find the poker gods always crap on me when I get greedy.
As played, blondie is right that you have to call. Your equity against his range is huge.
His range is >>50%. of hands????
easy re-raise.
He's hyperagg? and you're getting 2 to 1????
Easy call.
Suggestion.
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AQs has a jam% and a call-jam% >> 50BB
ie, I'd call 20,000 here.
10,000 I don't have to think.. it goes in if he's playing sound poker.
If he's an aggro I burn the felt pushing it in so fast....
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Even if the action was folded to the SB, you should not jam with AQs just because you have less than 50 BB; a standard raise probably has a higher EV. Had the villain on the puck jammed immediately (instead of first raising), it would not make sense to call with AQs just because you have less than 50 BB, with the BB still to act.
In this situation, IF the raiser is very tight and plays only 3% of his hands, I would fold AQs and would call only with AA-TT or AK.
Calling here with AQs is +ev...
AQs vs this range is almost 38%... you call is just over 34% of the final pot
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C'mon. You're behind any pocket pair. I don't really see the point in a reraise here as you are calling a shove anyway. IMO it's a shove or a call..and you don't even have to hit the flop as a stop and go works here or let's you survive.
I haven't gotten to the end yet but you know this wouldn't have been posted had Kristy won...... She called and her 27 went to hell.... Her AQ was probably up against small suited connectors and he hit 2 pair.
The answer given your reads Kristy is call calll calllllllll
Ohhh... THAT 3%... sorry, haven't read that one.
That's what I needed to hear.
It's level 8, so 65% of the field is gone and we have a stack about 3k above average despite the current table average.
What's the rush to get into flipping for stacks with a donk here, while throwing our fold equity out the window? Again, A stop n go works here most times, and if it doesn't we come out with 7k or so and are still in this thing. Too nitty?
Kristy says:
Villian is playing transparently aggressive, in my reasonably short time with him (~1hr) he has raised the VAST majority when folded to him in late position. c/o to sb.
Only one response.
Turn on the shove-o-matic-pushbot.
This guy is raising most hands in late position so AQ is miles ahead of his range. AQ is not the type of hand you want to call and see a flop with against this type of opponent with this stack size.
I think making a standard reraise here is better than shoving. He could interpret the reraise 2 ways. The first as a sign of real strength meaning you could get him to fold some hands you are racing against that he would call a shove with. He may also see the reraise as you trying to make a move and leaving yourself with a decent stack if you get shoved on in which case he may 4 bet shove with a pretty wide range thinking he has fold equity.
I snap shove his original raise. A standard reraise leaves you 7k playing a 7k pot if he calls.
The only other decent line I can see is a stop n go. Flat the raise and fire at any flop.
/g2
No clear winner yet.
You are out of position with a good but not great hand. If you re-raise and he pushes, you have to call. If he smooth calls, are you gonna push when you miss the flop?
Your stack is at that delicate stage. Not big enough to get away from a re-re-raise. Keep it simple and push. You get greedy, you go home.