That wasn't a trap. Hero was the pre flop aggressor so it makes sense to check and not donk bet. That is why calling a min raise on the BB with AQ is a mistake
This is true but I think, as always, reads come into play even when we have a set and think we have the best hand by potentially a lot here. If this villain is bad we should be raising here and they could call it off with a lot we wouldnt think they would. Against better players here a call is much better as a raise on this board after flop checks will usually only get called by something that trapped you. So I think this is a hand where against good players we just call this turn and and against bad players we raise this turn. All of this is dependent on being heads up. I think against 3 opponents here regardless of skill we think we are going against, I would raise here. As FunDiver above points out, if other villains call behind then a bluff on the river will be less likely anyway. Its a good discussion point, though, about what we should do on this turn when facing a bet. Its the real takeaway from this hand imo and am glad you posted about it.
do you want to say i should have called, or the villian should have called?
I was out of position, thats why i minraised my small pocket pair, i was not that deep, less than 100bb is just an average. Again if i raise to more than 2bb, and someone 3bets me while i am out of position with small pair is really bad, thats why i went for a minraise, to make ones with mediocre hands fold preflop.
Exactly my point
If you play against players who notice that you only raise with very good hands on this board on the turn, they will probably fold almost everything that you beat. But maybe you do bluff here enough times? Or play against people who can't fold an ace to a raise on the turn even if you only do it with good hands?
In a tournament almost 100BB is pretty deep, and its only, when we are down to less than 25BB, that min-raising is the optimal sizing.
So if you had a different kind of hand, you would have used a larger sizing? That can be ok, if the opponents are really bad and wont pick up on it. But then you could also limp your small pairs, which makes it even easier to setmine against a raise. Against better opponents I recommend only having one open sizing to not give away the strenght and type of your hand.
Thanks, on micros a lot of players doesnt read opponents, that is why when i reraised his donkbet, he chose to go all in with a pair of aces, without thinking twice. But if it was a $50 tourney, a case was going to be different. No one would continue with one pair especially with a kicker which is not the best also. Again, i could have folded to a reraise preflop, because AQ is a hand to 3bet with.
Thank you for a perfect review, my minraise was to protect my hand preflop. Postflop i didnt want to cause unnecessary action, as i knew my hand is dominated, i knew obviously someone had an A, so checking was perfect there. On the turn, my intension was to bet 30%-60% of the pot, but since there was an action before me, i decided to raise to pot size, so that hands like JT and 56 folds.
