$1.10 NLHE: AQ bb vs. 4 limpers

[Tokeard311]

$1.10 NL HE: AQ bb vs. 4 limpers

Little under 3hrs into this one. About 60 left. Top 126 pays.

Current prize pool : $647.00
647 entries
126 places paid
1st $120.47
2nd $68.06
3rd $51.88
4th $38.94
5th $32.47
6th $26.00
7th $19.53
8th $14.36
9th $10.48
10th - 12th $6.53
13th - 15th $5.37
16th - 18th $4.52
19th - 27th $3.75
28th - 36th $3.04
37th - 45th $2.45
46th - 63rd $2.00
64th - 81st $1.74
82nd - 99th $1.55
100th - 126th $1.35


Absolute Poker No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t300/t600 Blinds + t75 - 9 players - View hand 538382
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

UTG+2: 11,459 M = 7.28
MP1: 12,299 M = 7.81
MP2: 12,417 M = 7.88
CO: 1,804 M = 1.15
BTN: 21,260 M = 13.50
SB: 8,273 M = 5.25
Hero (BB): 30,131 M = 19.13
UTG: 57,227 M = 36.33
UTG+1: 19,753 M = 12.54

Pre Flop: (1275) Hero is BB with A :spade: Q :diamond:
UTG calls 600, UTG+1 calls 600, 1 fold, MP1 calls 600, 3 folds, SB calls 300, Hero raises to 2,400, UTG calls t-1,800, UTG+1 calls t-1,800, MP1 calls t-1,800, 1 fold

Flop: (10,875) Q :heart: 8 :spade: 8 :club: (4 players)
TOKEARD311 - Bets 5,437
3EBC (utg) - Calls 5,437
1MARIOMAC - Folds
NJFREDY - Folds

Turn: (21,749) 7 :diamond: (2 players)
TOKEARD311 - Bets 10,874
3EBC - Calls 10,874

River: (43,497) T :spade: (2 players)
Hero checks
3EBC - All-In 38,441 (all-in)
TOKEARD311 - All-In 11,345
3EBC - returned (27,096) : not called

*** SHOW DOWN ***
3EBC - Shows [8d 9d] (Three of a kind, eights)
TOKEARD311 - Mucks AQ
3EBC Collects 66,187 from main pot



Would you of played this hand this way? What could i have done different?

 

[pokermaniac1122]

You did pretty well. I wouldn't have checked with the two 8s out there, its risky because he could either try to steal the pot or bet if he has 8s. Then you have to call, and in this case you got screwed.

I would've bet 1/4th pot and see his reaction.

 

[Jillychemung]

IMHO you have 2 choices here, 1) Shove preflop or 2) Play this very passively. AQo with 4 others in the pot already is not a hand I want to play postflop with OOP. Your 2400 bet only inflates the pot, the limpers are getting better than 3-1 odds to call you here. At this stage no one is going to limp fold with these odds.

 

[c9h13no3]

Jammit preflop dammit.

 

[Makwa]

IMHO you have 2 choices here, 1) Shove preflop or 2) Play this very passively. AQo with 4 others in the pot already is not a hand I want to play postflop with OOP. Your 2400 bet only inflates the pot, the limpers are getting better than 3-1 odds to call you here. At this stage no one is going to limp fold with these odds.

Jammit preflop dammit.

Either jam or limp/call PF, yr raise was just enough to invite callers, and you are OOP.

At this stage u have lots of chips and can wait for good situations, you chose here to risk a lot with a questionable hand and lousy position.

 

[salim271]

I probably wouldnt have played it differently but folding the river is an option, it didn't look like a bluff in the slightest. You would have still had over 10K in chips, not the best spot but better than out.

 

[Tokeard311]

I like seeing flop before I put all my chips in though. I just could not put utg on an 8 and I liked that flop. Sounds like I have to add "jammit" to my arsenal. I remember I heard on some poker video that pros try to avoid going all-in pf, but it seems like this is an exeption.

 

[kmixer]

I like seeing flop before I put all my chips in though. I just could not put utg on an 8 and I liked that flop. Sounds like I have to add "jammit" to my arsenal. I remember I heard on some poker video that pros try to avoid going all-in pf, but it seems like this is an exeption.

I used to play this way too however you are giving people with less than desirable hands a chance to see the flop as well. I used to be afraid that someone with 88 would call my bet so I would play passively If you look at the odds AsQd vs random and the 89d here you are still pretty far ahead. You are 45% vs 26% against two random hands and slightly behind for any pair. A shove here is most likely the best move. These are things that are not easy to think about or do when you only have 15 seconds on the clock though. This to me is a strugle that I know i have to work on.


In this case you were OOP so you had to either push it all in or call and fold (IMO) You were leading out after the flop and he was calling all the way with those 8s. After he flat called the flop in my opinion you are done leading out. If you check and he bets you may have to flod it here. If his bet is small then you can call and try to make a set of your own. In this case a boat.

 

[baudib1]

100% shove pre, and like it.

there is 3,400 in dead money in the pot, so even if someone decides to snap you off with 88, then you have the right price, and we're out of position anyway. your other option is to raise to like $8,000 and open shove any flop. In general, when you're in a blind with this type of hand (AQ/AK) and the money in the pot is already 15% of your stack, you should autoshove.

 

[jernest]

Personally I think a PF raise of 12K would have pushed all contenders out - only because you are pre committing yourself to the pot - because it covers 2/3 of your limpers - UTG would probably fold since he is first to act after raise knowing that you are willing to flip your cards over to a short stack at least with his hand as it played.
The fact that you are showing committment to the pot pre - you "have to shove" after the flop - so therefore the psychology of the raise would mean all in - and I think he would have laid it down.
Once UTG is out of the picture if you managed to get a call from one of the other limper/callers the did not like the flop and you would have stacked them as well.

So yeah either shove - or commit yourself to the shove