Re-raised pot, folding TPTK
I’ve just found myself in an “interesting” situation, that I could do with some insight on?
I’m at the end of a short session, I’m up not much, maybe 60 or 70c, I’ve closed my other tables and this is my final hand before the blinds hit me and I leave.
I find AQ, these are the spots I hate. I make a standard raise and I’m re-raised. My first thought was to abandon the pot and leave with a little profit, final hand theory and all that. Then I kick myself and decide to play the hand out, going with the “one long session” philosophy instead.
I call the re-raise, hoping to spike an ace on the flop. I hit but with my queen. I’ve been going to the river with an unimproved TPTK in a big pot too often, so I chose a different line with the aim of finding out confidently if I’m behind. So I check-raise my opponents pot size bet. He goes all in and its back to me. It took me a while to fold this actually, but happily I managed it.
I’m certain my fold was correct, my opponent showed consistent strength to all of my aggression, and he could easily have QQ for top set, even TT for middle set, or kings or aces. What I’m not sure of though is whether or not my line was best, both to disguise my hand a little and to get a clear answer has to whether I was behind, and to do so without committing my stack.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2418461
Home Poker Tourney thread on the hand :
http://forums.homepokertourney.com/index.php/board,63.0.html
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