$100 NLHE Full Ring: good? bad? standard?

villain was 20/17, probably shaping up to be a TAG on the looser side (he's 28/25 so far but only 36 hands)

I normally just fold AQ but it was suited and he didnt look super tight.

Flopped nice and my thought process was to raise his cbet because the flop smashes his range and its unlikely he has AA or QQ because theres only 2 combos of them left. He has 3 combo's of TT also. But i thought if i raise it will look like some draw and he might happily ship some TP hand.


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UTG+1: $138.20
MP1: $105.07
MP2: $71.70
CO: $83.66
BTN: $29.47
SB: $100.00
Hero (BB): $100.00
UTG: $102.50

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with A :spade: Q :spade:
2 folds, MP1 raises to $3, 4 folds, Hero calls $2

Flop: ($6.50) A :club: Q :club: T :heart: (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets $4.97, Hero raises to $12, MP1 raises to $25.67, Hero raises to $97 all in, MP1 calls $71.33

Turn: ($200.50) 4 :diamond: (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($200.50) 7 :diamond: (2 players - 1 is all in)

i might not be a poker pro but i would fold after his 4bet. you have 2 pairs yet chansces are he might have a flush draw, straight draw, straight or any set since he played like this

Seems fine all around to me. I mean you raised the flop because

i thought if i raise it will look like some draw and he might happily ship some TP hand

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so looks like it worked (would have much rather he shoved over your raise rather than his smaller 3bet but oh well).

Would donk betting be ok here?

WVHillbilly said:

Seems fine all around to me. I mean you raised the flop because so looks like it worked (would have much rather he shoved over your raise rather than his smaller 3bet but oh well).

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Okay thanks, so my though process is okay all round? I dont get into spots like this a lot so was wondering whether we are fist pumping when we get it in here, or whether we even should be aiming to get it all in.

And gomez, im not sure i would think ch/raising as he's always gonna cbet and people understand that people like to ch/raise with draws.

Problem is we know he'll probably call a donk bet but we don't know if he'll call a c/r

stando, I like c/r as he may just flat the donk and theres some ugly turns, if he flats a c/r we can put him on a fairly weak range like some pairs plus draw or w.e.

I c/r abit bigger to like 16ish if hes gunna flat like AJ/AK here for a gutter ball with Ac or Kc, I dont think you are ever c/r this board with air or draws without some piece of it from villians shoes

Tough spot. I think this is fine versus NOT the villain described. If you were even thinking about folding AQ "but it was sooted" then this guy is probably so tight that your hand is a big dog to his flop 3bet. It sounds funky but check raise fold to 3bet could be totally reasonable. As stated you don't appear to have air ever, AT doesnt even seem to be in his range, and every other value hand crushes you, he can't even have Kxcc (maybe KTcc and JTcc) and probably isn't getting in low clubs if he occassionally opens the 98s 76s. I don't think its insane to check raise for value or check call for deception but it does seem the 3bet really narrows their range and makes it a sick life fold.

I don't understand the description but vs. a 20/17 or 28/25 or looseish TAG I don't see how AQ is a fold pre.

I'm with Six and I think this is a pretty gross spot. Unless you know he gets it in with draws or AK on super drawy boards, I think this could be a pretty pro fold on the flop.

Usually im folding stuff like AQ in this spot against the average reg, like 14/12 because AQ oop against their MP range isn't going all that great.

All i had at the time was that he was 20/17, definitely shaping up to be one of the looser regs you will find at FR tables.

Im still unsure whether i played it correctly, the 3bet is what makes it a bit ugh. That and i dont wanna be results oriented about it because as played he showed ATs. I just dont wanna make this play in the future if its overall -EV.
Would expecting him to have some AT, KTs QTs and stuff in his range make this go from a tough spot to an easy jam?