Ok Im trying to learn a new game

PokerStars Game #7301780328: Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2) - 2006/12/04 - 19:21:33 (ET)
Table 'Pandarus V' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: sidut ($172.05 in chips)
Seat 2: chardrian ($211.50 in chips)
Seat 3: sputnik3000 ($197 in chips)
Seat 4: ChipHunterM5 ($190.90 in chips)
Seat 6: bigsilverado ($55 in chips)
ChipHunterM5: posts small blind $1
bigsilverado: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to chardrian [Ac Qh]
sidut: folds
chardrian: raises $6 to $8
nanonoko joins the table at seat #5
nanonoko is sitting out
sputnik3000: raises $18 to $26
ChipHunterM5: folds
bigsilverado: folds
chardrian: calls $18
*** FLOP *** [Qd Ah Td]
chardrian: checks
sputnik3000: bets $38
chardrian: ??

Also is the call ok preflop or just dump it? I really couldnt see dumping it preflop 5 handed.

yea fold preflop is best, you are out of position and in general, people dont reraise preflop without hands that dominate you

now that you go this flop i think going allin is best

Thanks

so in general people are reraising preflop here only with hands like QQ+, AK?

for the most part

Originally Posted by chardrian

so in general people are reraising preflop here only with hands like QQ+, AK?

Until you have reason to believe otherwise, you won't give up much if you assume this.

chard, by "new game" are we talking cash or the stakes?

if by "new game" you mean NL cash then I think youre probably starting a little high. There are some pretty capable players at 200NL and I dont know if the number of fish will make up for that.

Still if you want to go with it then gl & hf

ditto to everything gabe and fnord said

by new game I mean NL.

stakes are fine - I dont mind paying for lessons as I play.

So far I like it

ive played 25/50 on stars with that nanonoko guy

Originally Posted by chardrian

by new game I mean NL.

stakes are fine - I dont mind paying for lessons as I play.

So far I like it

get good at table selection

Originally Posted by gabe

ive played 25/50 on stars with that nanonoko guy

What do you think of him? He seems like a spaz to me but I've never been able to make a hand against him.

yea 'spaz' is a good word, i dont remember exact stuff though

Originally Posted by chardrian

Thanks

so in general people are reraising preflop here only with hands like QQ+, AK?

Originally Posted by gabe

for the most part

This isn't true really. At Stars 1/2, most of the regulars (including the villain in this hand) do quite a bit of re-raising preflop. Some of them are quite good, but a lot of the other ones don't really know what they are doing. If you're at a table of regulars these days, you can beat them simply by having a superior pre-flop game. I include myself in the list of people who doesn't really know what I'm doing, because in the past I've just raised hands that look pretty when I'm in late position, and re-raised hands that look pretty when the raiser is an aggressive blind stealer. These days I'm putting a lot more thought into my hand ranges for raising and re-raising, depending on who my opponents are. I'm experimenting with just shoving over re-raises with a slightly wider range of hands that includes AA and KK most of the time. Overall, I think you'll struggle in this game if you assume a re-raise means QQ+, AK.

As for the hand, it'll be hard to show a profit calling a re-raise out of position with AQo. Post-flop you should probably just shove over his continuation bet, and if you were in position, the whole hand would be standard.

i think for someone switching games he will do just fine mucking aqo oop vs a rr pf

preflop is really hard to comment on. Mucking is fine against an unknown, but I'm not happy about it.

I think pushing here (??) is the best play. If I were playing against a player such that a big set was a huge concern for me, I would feel much better about mucking this pre.