Newbie Help with HH

Well I havent been a member here for very long, but I must have read every post written in the last 4 months. It was about 4 months ago when i decided to stop loosing money at poker and learn how to win at it. So I started by playing a game relative to my bankroll and started playing 10NL on Absolute. In the past 3 months Ive played a little over 23k hands and ran at 3.6 PT BB/100 Hands. It was today that I decided to move up to 25NL, and thats the reason for my post today. I played exactly 800 hands 4 tabling, and ran a little hot managing to make a little over 20 bucks, but I could have made a lot more if it wasnt for one poor decision.

This has happened to me a 100 times in 10NL and I guess the only reason I never posted then was because it happened so rarely, and it was usally only 6 bucks (I only buy in for 60BB), so I would just shrug it off and make it up again another hand. I do use ACE HUD and Pokertracker, and this person was running 53/6 over a measley 17 hands.

STAGE #875682674: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $0.25 - 2008-01-15 00:44:08 (ET)
Table: MIDLAND (Real Money) Seat #2 is the dealer
Seat 2 - CHICOD11 ($15.45 in chips)
Seat 3 - JASONS01 ($29.75 in chips)
Seat 4 - ZINGERZ ($21.60 in chips)
Seat 6 - DOUGPSYCH ($8.75 in chips)
Seat 1 - JWMREMOTE ($164.87 in chips)
JASONS01 - Posts small blind $0.10
ZINGERZ - Posts big blind $0.25
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to JASONS01 [Qc Ah]
DOUGPSYCH - Calls $0.25
JWMREMOTE - Folds
CHICOD11 - Folds
JASONS01 - Calls $0.15
ZINGERZ - Checks
*** FLOP *** [9h 4c Ac]
JASONS01 - Bets $0.75
ZINGERZ - Folds
DOUGPSYCH - Calls $0.75
*** TURN *** [9h 4c Ac] [8s]
JASONS01 - Bets $1.75
DOUGPSYCH - Raises $3.50 to $3.50
JASONS01 - Calls $1.75
*** RIVER *** [9h 4c Ac 8s] [Jh]
JASONS01 - Checks
DOUGPSYCH - Bets $4
JASONS01 - Calls $4

Results in White

*** SHOW DOWN ***
DOUGPSYCH - Shows [8h Ad] (Two Pair, aces and eights)
JASONS01 - Mucks
DOUGPSYCH Collects $16.40 from main pot

Always raise AQ preflop against limpers.

To be honest, Im kind of a nit playing a 13/6 game. Should it be in my range to be raising AQ out of position?

Raise preflop.

Another hand from tonights session.

Villan is 56/16 over 75 hands.


UTG ($11.60)
MP ($11.15)
CO ($29.50)
Button ($18.05)
SB ($15.35)
Hero ($18.45)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Qc, Qh.
UTG calls $0.25, 3 folds, SB completes, Hero raises to $1.5, UTG calls $1.25, SB folds.

Flop: ($3.25) Jc, 2c, 6h (2 players)
Hero bets $2.75, UTG raises to $10.1, Hero calls $7.35.

Turn: ($23.45) 7c (2 players)

River: ($23.45) 8d (2 players)

Final Pot: $23.45

Results in White

*** SHOW DOWN ***
XBONEZ372X - Shows [Js 6s] (Two Pair, jacks and sixes)
JASONS01 - Shows [Qc Qh] (One pair, queens)
XBONEZ372X Collects $22.30 from main pot

AQ is a huge hand, play it like one. you got 3-outed move on. QQ hand is fine.

Hand 2 is played fine. Don't be results oriented when it comes to these types of players. You are ahead here more often than not.

I'm not folding that against a 56/16, but I want to be sitting on his left.

Another Hand from tonight

MP is the same player from the QQ hand and SB is a 31/22 over 42 hands. Oh, and this was about 4 hands before the QQ hand.

MP ($21.85)
CO ($65.40)
Button ($31.20)
SB ($19.85)
BB ($3.95)
Hero ($15.60)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Kh, Kd.
Hero raises to $1, MP calls $1, 2 folds, SB calls $0.90, 1 fold.

Flop: ($3.25) Js, Td, 6c (3 players)
SB bets $3, Hero raises to $7, MP calls $7, SB raises to $18.85, Hero folds, MP calls $11.85.

Turn: ($47.95) 9h (2 players)

River: ($47.95) 4s (2 players)

Final Pot: $47.95

Results in White

*** SHOW DOWN ***
XBONEZ372X - Shows [Jd Ah] (One pair, jacks)
DARSON43 - Shows [Ac Jh] (One pair, jacks)
XBONEZ372X Collects $22.80 from main pot
DARSON43 Collects $22.80 from main pot

1: Raise pre, possibly make a small blocking bet on river and instamuck to a raise
2: Fine, bad beat
3: Fairly marginal, I don't hate a fold at all though.

Don't stick half of you stack in and then fold. You only have to win 1 in 3 to BE.

Thanks for the help, espically with the AQ hand, i find i play very weak in the blinds and normally have no clue what to do. I have read some of the tutorials on this forum, and have been tightening up UTG and loosening up the closer I get to the button. Right now my Blind raising range is QQ, KK, AA and AK(if not already raised). What else should I be opening with?

1) raise preflop, probably fold turn
2) good
3) for god sakes dont fold now, you have to win like 1 in 7!!!

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What else should I be opening with?

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I'd say against limpers raise 99+, AQ, AK at least.

reraise JJ+ and AK.