AQ - not that useful ?

im starting to doubt this hand.. is it simply more of a limper like AJo or how do you really make this one profitable. hands like this sure as heck dont help whatsoever. please rate.

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Hand #4747205-734 at Crystal (No Limit Hold'em)
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Started at 09/Mar/05 01:45:38

DrLecter is at seat 0 with $46.75.
ramsfan is at seat 1 with $26.50.
walleyebilly is at seat 2 with $29.05.
suzie79 is at seat 3 with $42.45.
coleet76 is at seat 4 with $48.55.
Binion is at seat 5 with $27.20.
beorn7 is at seat 6 with $90.25.
rdraider is at seat 7 with $33.05.
Odatria is at seat 8 with $22.70.
TheBeard is at seat 9 with $25.20.
The button is at seat 4.

Binion posts the small blind of $.25.
beorn7 rejects big blind.
rdraider posts the big blind of $.50.

DrLecter: -- --
ramsfan: -- --
walleyebilly: -- --
suzie79: As Qd
coleet76: -- --
Binion: -- --
rdraider: -- --
Odatria: -- --
TheBeard: -- --

Pre-flop:

Odatria folds. TheBeard folds. DrLecter folds.
ramsfan folds. walleyebilly folds. suzie79 raises
to $1.75. coleet76 folds. Binion calls. rdraider
calls.

Flop (board: 3c 2h 7d):

Binion checks. rdraider checks. suzie79 bets $3.
Binion folds. rdraider calls.

Turn (board: 3c 2h 7d 9c):

rdraider checks. suzie79 checks.

River (board: 3c 2h 7d 9c 5c):

rdraider bets $11.25. suzie79 folds, showing As Qd.
rdraider is returned $11.25 (uncalled).



Hand #4747205-734 Summary:

$.55 is raked from a pot of $11.25.
rdraider wins $10.70.
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at .25/.50 don't bet the flop if you miss. i'll add to that, i'm having a hell of a lot of flopsicles right now, so that could be a negative view, but imo at .25/.50 with loose people, bluffing with a missed ak/aq is a waste of $$. check/fold.

and, i don't really see how AK is really any different from AQ here. IMO the only difference between AK and AQ, is a K flopping can mess you up with AQ whereas no high card can with AK, which is a tiny thing, and if an ace comes you gotta watch it so an AK doesn't get you, which is a bigger thing. only thing i do differently between the two, is i will min-reraise a standard 3-5x raise with ak, but not aq.

How would you play this hand differently if you have AK?
I don't see why you are saying AQ is not good.


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AQ quite a good hand unless it is up against a raise or a re-raise, then it becomes a very dangerous hand. And yeah at the lower limits, unless there is only one person (which almost never happens) it usually becomes a check fold situation.

Good feedback from the rest of these guys. Stick to your premium hands and when the flop bet didn't take the pot down, I think you did the right thing. Most times I limp with aq, but you had good position on him. I would have put this guy on middle pair, which is exactly what he probably had. I don't think you could have played this hand too much differently :D