Playing AQ Late

[Rondavu]

Ok, so I've been knocked out of two major events over the weekend with AQ. One was the $100 buy in 25K 6-max on tilt friday night. 20 people were left, and I pushed preflop into a raise, only to find he had AK. GG me. The other was yesterday in the $200 Full Tilt main event. Again, I pushed preflop with 8000 chips at the 250/500 level when a preflop raiser built the pot to over 2000. This time he had AA.

Am I to just fold this trouble hand preflop? I mean I was doing well in both events. 10th place in 25K, and average stack with 350 left in the main event. I feel like I play great poker for a long time, and then a seemingly elementary push spot turns into GG me.

Anyone else get frequently porked by AQ?

[KoRnholio]

I got porked in the $33+3 w/ $50k added on crypto yesterday with AQ vs AK. That tournament turns into a push fest with about 150 people left (top 60 paid)

[Sprayed]

Easy fix, don't push. Seriously though, if you are in a spot where you need to double-up then I don't think that you can fold. If you are able to smooth call and see a flop without being pot committed then do that. Otherwise, I think that you have to get your chips in.

[Rondavu]

Easy fix, don't push. Seriously though, if you are in a spot where you need to double-up then I don't think that you can fold. If you are able to smooth call and see a flop without being pot committed then do that. Otherwise, I think that you have to get your chips in.

I agree. In the main event I had just over 6M, so I guess pushing was my only option. In both cases, if the cards were switched, I think villain still calls and I win. GG variance. I've been hitting the money in every other one of these, but never cashing big. I'm starting to get really annoyed. I mean I slaughtered an $8 sattellitte to qualify for the main event, so making the money would have been huge (top 127 get at least $300).

[Cavelli2003]

ummm, funny you should post this ive had my AK cracked 3 times in 2 days by AQ !!

[johnny_fish]

Ok, so I've been knocked out of two major events over the weekend with AQ. One was the $100 buy in 25K 6-max on tilt friday night. 20 people were left, and I pushed preflop into a raise, only to find he had AK. GG me. The other was yesterday in the $200 Full Tilt main event. Again, I pushed preflop with 8000 chips at the 250/500 level when a preflop raiser built the pot to over 2000. This time he had AA.

Am I to just fold this trouble hand preflop? I mean I was doing well in both events. 10th place in 25K, and average stack with 350 left in the main event. I feel like I play great poker for a long time, and then a seemingly elementary push spot turns into GG me.

Anyone else get frequently porked by AQ?

Post some HH's and reads?

Hands like AQ/99 are very context specific in tourneys.