AQ middle position --How'd I do?

[QuickLearner]

Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (9 handed) converter



Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Qs, Ah.

3 folds, Hero raises, 1 fold, CO 3-bets, 2 folds, BB calls, Hero calls.


Flop: (9.50 SB) 4c, 2c, 2s (3 players)

BB checks, Hero checks, CO bets, BB calls, Hero calls.


Turn: (6.25 BB) Qc (3 players)

BB bets, Hero raises, CO folds, BB calls.


River: (10.25 BB) 3c (2 players)

BB bets, Hero calls.



Final Pot: 12.25 BB

Results later. Would you have played it the same way? Did I make any mistakes? Did I drag the pot?

 

[theswami]

sup bro.

Up to the river I think the play is fine.

IMO, the way to play the hand (river) is very opponent specific. If the player is tricky then the river call is an auto-call because of the pot size. If the player is avg. I would probably muck even with 10 BB in it.

He's the BB and he could have any 2. The only hand you can beat that would bet the turn is Q with a worse kicker that is not a club.

I don't think you made any mistakes b/c the call is reasonable but my guess is that you did not drag the pot.

Did you have a read on BB? Is BB a tricky player?

 

[QuickLearner]

Sup... I should have posted the reads. Bison would be disappointed!

I had about 70 hands with this table. The cutoff was a super rock who had been on mild tilt after finally catching two cards and getting cracked. The big blind was very loose and somewhat aggressive.

 

[theswami]

Given the read, it is an auto-call but I expect to lose. My view is the same, you probably lost the hand but played it fine.

The only thing about my post that I would change based on the new information is that I would not oppose popping him at the river for value. While I would never do this at low limits because I'm a puss, if your read was very good and accurate, he may have come over top of you at the turn if he had a club.

 

[Matt24]

I would have played the hand the same way. you will win that pot on the river more than you think you would with that guy betting. People love to bluff in taht spot.

 

[QuickLearner]

Results

Big blind turns over J9 offsuit. The J was a club. Great... Party's rigged.

I figure my mistake was in not betting the flop. If CO made it two it might have knocked the villain out. I respected the rock too much given the complete wiff on the flop. When the Q hit I didn't pay any attention to the BB because he raised anything more than once earlier. The Q gave him the flush, so my raise saved the rock some money. Which is nice.

Matt, you're right. Even though I had a suspicion that I was cooked there was no way I was going to fold for one bet.

 

[theswami]

IMO, without a read on the villain I think it may be safe to fold. In low limit, the play is largely uncreative so when you are bet into (after showing aggression) it is fairly easy to figure out if you are beat or not.

Here the play is to autocall the river but without a read I would muck.

Thanks for sharing.