$2 NLHE Full Ring: AQ in MP, re-raise from button

Villain has only been at the table 2 hands, no reads and stats of 50/0 don't mean much:

Poker Stars - $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em (9 players)
Poker Stars Hand Converter Tool from CardsChat.com

SB: $0.67
BB: $3.02
UTG: $0.75
UTG+1: $1.06
MP: $1.06
MP+1 Hero: $1.99
MP+2: $2.06
CO: $2.55
BTN: $2.09

Pre-flop: ($0.03) Hero is MP+1 and dealt
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.06, MP+2 calls $0.06, CO calls $0.06, BTN raises to $0.20, 2 folds

What next?

I fold, dont make a habit out of calling 3bets oop with AQ, people aren't 3betting light at 2nl, so this is often a range heavily weighted towards like QQ+ AK, I open to 4x too, charge those loose passive's that extra bb every time they flat our opens

As said fold.... we don't want to play3 bet pots oop with AQ.

Also auto top up to 100bb /2$ (or is it a glitch in the HH ?)

grafkarow said:

Also auto top up to 100bb /2$ (or is it a glitch in the HH ?)

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https://www.cardschat.com/forum/cash-game-hand-analysis-50/10-nlhe-full-ring-hit-two-202292/

If you want some bedtime reading you could try that thread, mainly from post 19 onwards

Fold.

orangepeeleo said:

I open to 4x too, charge those loose passive's that extra bb every time they flat our opens

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Yes, I'm in two minds over this. Originally I was following Phil Gordon's advice from his Little Green Book, so I was raising 2.5bb in EP, 3 in MP and 4 in late position. Then I was reading people saying that when they are stealing a lot they raise a little over two BBs, and I wondered whether always raising 4BB from LP would be -EV when I folded my steals to a re-raise, so it's (yet another) area that I'm a bit confused about

Perhaps they were talking about tournaments rather than cash games, where the blinds remain constant.

F4STFORW4RD said:

Yes, I'm in two minds over this. Originally I was following Phil Gordon's advice from his Little Green Book, so I was raising 2.5bb in EP, 3 in MP and 4 in late position. Then I was reading people saying that when they are stealing a lot they raise a little over two BBs, and I wondered whether always raising 4BB from LP would be -EV when I folded my steals to a re-raise, so it's (yet another) area that I'm a bit confused about

Perhaps they were talking about tournaments rather than cash games, where the blinds remain constant.

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If you're opening like >60% from the BTN (you're not) opening small can be better (even the dreaded MIN RAISE!) but you're playing a very nitty style and you're almost always opening with the best hand against players who just want to see a flop. Charge them for the privilege.

OK thanks, I'll give it a try

Anyway, going back to the original hand, I played it terribly and ended up sucking out

Poker Stars - $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em (9 players)
Poker Stars Hand Converter Tool from CardsChat.com

SB: $0.67
BB: $3.02
UTG: $0.75
UTG+1: $1.06
MP: $1.06
MP+1 Hero: $1.99
MP+2: $2.06
CO: $2.55
BTN: $2.09

Pre-flop: ($0.03) Hero is MP+1 and dealt
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.06, MP+2 calls $0.06, CO calls $0.06, BTN raises to $0.20, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.14, MP+2 folds, CO calls $0.14

Flop: ($0.69) (3 players)
Hero checks, CO checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($0.69) (3 players)
Hero bets $0.33, CO folds, BTN calls $0.33

River: ($1.35) (2 players)
Hero bets $1.22, BTN calls $1.22

Final Pot: $3.79

Showdown:
Hero shows (a full house, aces full of sevens)
Outcome: Hero wins $3.61

Not sure why the HH doesn't show his , but we both had a boat.

Thanks for the advice

Fold to the 3-bet, calling 3bets out of position with hands like AQ is generally like setting fire to money.

I agree with everyone to fold this to someone you have no reads on.

Shove the river tho. No hand calling that bet is gonna fold to a shove.