NL5 - AQo in SB vs BB
BTN: 100 BB
Hero (SB): 174 BB
BB: 121.4 BB
UTG: 99 BB
MP: 90.2 BB
CO: 101.8 BB
Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Qd Ah
fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BB calls 2 BB
Flop : (6 BB, 2 players) Js 5c Qc
Hero bets 5.8 BB, BB raises to 19.6 BB, Hero calls 13.8 BB
Turn : (45.2 BB, 2 players) 7c
Hero checks, BB bets 30.2 BB, fold
BB wins 43 BB
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Trying to understand how I could have played this better. BB was a fairly TAGish type and we had history of battling over the blinds several times before. His range isn't super wide or super tight when flatting my raise in this situation, but as it played out, I'm putting him on either a flush draw, 55, JQ with a club or a slowplayed overpair (only due to our history do I think he'd flat pre sometimes with AA/KK/QQ/JJ) OR Ax with Ace of clubs/semi-bluff. The line he took scared me off. Was I correct to fold turn or did I get bullied? Appreciate any feedback very much. Thanks.
2 Replies
I think you played it fine, but it probably is close. Many of his bluffs got there on the turn. He's either continuing with a made flush, a super strong flopped holding, or a small amount of bluffs (flopped straight draws with/without a club). It sucks to fold here but if we think about our whole calling range on the turn, we have flopped sets and top two pair that take the call line on the flop some amount of the time. Since we're 3 betting these on the flop most of the time, though, that's what makes me think it's close here with our AK/AQ. I think the best calling range for us to have here is all of the flopped sets and top two pairs that we call some amount of the time on the flop, plus AK/AQ with a club. So as played this particular combo would be a fold.
