Quote Originally Posted by bigred
Is it a leak that I either 3bet preflop with AQ oop or just fold? I hate calling with that hand, esp if it's offsuit.
its really stakes and opponent dependant. In lower stakes, 3bets mean big hands to most people so you can get away with stealing lots of pots. However, what happens in lower stakes is this:

- hands you would extract value from fold (kq, qj, q10, ax)
- hands that have you beat but don't want to re-raise call (AK, pps)

kinda sucks. Now at 200NL+ everything here I just said can go out the window.

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I lead here. I don't see why we want to represent a flush draw, and I don't think most people read a flop c/r there as a flush draw. Some people will re-raise a flop with a FD, but few c/r with flush draws.

All c/ring here really does is allows us to gain value when villain will definitely bluff at the pot. We get more value from most of his range with a lead and villain will usually define their hand with a re-raise here on flop or turn if we are behind. I hate c/ring a flop like that with a hand like that.

also, it is ok to dump there on the flop vs. an unknown. Vs. someone you've been at the table with and have a feel you'll get to know whats going on. yes people would go nuts at laying it down here on ftr, but sometimes its better to gain info on our opponent before jumping into a big pot in a somewhat marginal spot.