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  1. #1

    Default Playing AJ from OOP

    What do you guys think of this play?

    PokerStars Game #2115162548: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2005/07/16 -
    09:10:21 (ET)
    Table 'Megrez' Seat #4 is the button
    Seat 2: KAS100 ($27.45 in chips)
    Seat 3: Canucktr ($47.75 in chips)
    Seat 4: dtrivett ($42.75 in chips)
    Seat 5: Viper2025 ($19.50 in chips)
    Seat 6: crame.fr ($31.25 in chips)
    Seat 8: elnath ($52.50 in chips)
    Seat 9: DimitriT ($56.45 in chips)
    Viper2025: posts small blind $0.25
    crame.fr: posts big blind $0.50
    ogtsupa: sits out
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to DimitriT [Jh As]
    elnath: folds
    DimitriT: calls $0.50
    KAS100: calls $0.50
    Canucktr: raises $0.50 to $1
    dtrivett: folds
    Viper2025: folds
    crame.fr: calls $0.50
    DimitriT: calls $0.50
    KAS100: calls $0.50
    *** FLOP *** [Ah Qd 2h]
    crame.fr: checks
    DimitriT: bets $3
    KAS100: folds
    Canucktr: raises $3 to $6
    crame.fr: calls $6
    DimitriT: calls $3
    *** TURN *** [Ah Qd 2h] [9c]
    crame.fr: checks
    EyeAmOne has returned
    DimitriT: bets $4
    Canucktr: folds
    crame.fr: calls $4
    *** RIVER *** [Ah Qd 2h 9c] [Qc]
    crame.fr: checks
    DimitriT: checks
    *** SHOW DOWN ***
    crame.fr: shows [3h 5h] (a pair of Queens)
    DimitriT: shows [Jh As] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
    DimitriT collected $28.80 from pot
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Total pot $30.25 | Rake $1.45
    Board [Ah Qd 2h 9c Qc]
    Seat 2: KAS100 folded on the Flop
    Seat 3: Canucktr folded on the Turn
    Seat 4: dtrivett (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 5: Viper2025 (small blind) folded before Flop
    Seat 6: crame.fr (big blind) showed [3h 5h] and lost with a pair of Queens
    Seat 8: elnath folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 9: DimitriT showed [Jh As] and won ($28.80) with two pair, Aces and Queens
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    I might have represented the Qs on the river in case I was fearing a slow played set from him. You went the whole hand looking like you had the goods anyway. But then maybe I wouldn't. Would depend on the reads I guess.

    But I was wondering your opinion on what was going on here. What do you suppose Canucktr was playing? High pocket pair?

    Just interested in your whole train of thought as this hand played out, could you write what you were thinking on each street? I hate these kind of hands with AJ and some action from others.
  3. #3
    I like the check behind on the river for precisely the reason that you might be up against a slowplayed set. Most people won't put you on having made a full house.

    I like the play in general, although I would be wary of Canucktr's minraise on the flop. I've been burned too many times in a kicker battle against the preflop raiser.
  4. #4
    This looks like a line I would take. No mistakes as far as I can see.
  5. #5
    My thought process was that I had TPGK on a rather loosy table with a minraised pot..

    So likely callers would include A/strong, A/weak, flush draws and sets. A Q/x may even test the waters.

    I bet the pot which narrowed it to two with a raise. I was worried about
    the set so when the 9c showed I bet about 1/4 of the pot, figuring I'd get raised by a set and called by a draw. The bet was marginally good for a flush draw but a set would jump all over it to push on the flush.

    The fold from Canucktr was probably a Q/X or A/weak, maybe suited. His raise looked like he was testing my hand to make sure I wasn't stealing it. My table image was rather aggressive as I was grabbing the blinds about once every two orbits but otherwise playing tight.

    The check behind is due to the Q and also any slowplayed sets or A/strong hands. I feel AJ is a rather underpowered hand so I'll play it for pair value rather gingerly.

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