8 thoughts on “Poker Strategy: AQdd Gutter And The Nut Flush Draw”

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2. i'd just flat on the flop…no one is folding a set or a straight, and also that would under-rep your hand a little bit. either that or just rip it in and let the chips fall where they may!

3. I'm not in full agreement with you when you proclaim this is a "big flop.", Bart It's an above average flop ofc and one we will mostly be going with, because you simply draw to the nuts with 2 to come, but I don't like having the Q of diamonds here as opposed to having the A4,6-10 of diamonds, etc. Why? Because we want our opponent(s) to have Qx of diamonds. Also, HJ or main villian (CO) could have 6s-9s, why couldn't he have 4s or 5s? I'm not the greatest fan of the situation tbh on the flop… You don't know if an A on the turn/river is ever even good and if it is, I'm not rly trying to blast off. A Q on the turn/river is obviously better than an A. Best play is to jam on the flop, there is nothing to slow play here. I also feel that even a strong-portion of your stack raise may be effective here, if we think villian(s) will jam light and we want to entice that. Jam is probably better for fold equity, but I would appreciate and see value in the trickiness of the play. AQdd, if the flop is Kd4d10c should be treated different than a flop of 2d4c5d in the SAME situation. I hope that makes sense to somebody out there. I'm just speaking on flop play and what I am thinking here. Hero needs to understand the "having the Q of diamonds here concept." Having the Q kinda bad, but alas, it's great that you draw to the nuts! Finally, my personal opinion is that the pf raise-sizing here can be a little larger with limp action and a hand as vulnerable as AQsuited. I'm personally feeling like I NEED this hand and most hands heads-up always, so my pf raise is going to be quickly contemplated to pin the fish or get this pot heads up.

   On the turn, you should be considering pot control, based on your turn flat call. This is a cooler and I'm never folding or shoving THIS turn card, unless I'm feeling like stacks are super deep and the mood/vibe in the environment is screaming CO turned a straight with a 6 or even 67suited. It's just unfortunate that the turn bet was pretty large, let's be honest for a $1/$2 game. Just calling down, saying nh and moving on… 69dd makes a ton of sense. It's mainly what you wanted to be against, I get that. Try fluctuating your pf sizings hero, because pf is commonly where most mistakes are made. If you are playing well pf, your decisions post-flop become far easier in the short and long term. Gl @ the felt all.

4. One of the better calls I've seen in a while. I too like just calling on the turn. Even if you are against aware players it's still tough for them to get away from a large part of their range that we're crushing

5. Some hands you're just destined to lose money.

6. I've never played this deep before.
   Getting a little crazy man

7. No need to shove the turn, but other than that well played by Hero.

8. I’d much rather raise larger pre flop and shove the flop. 12+1 for every caller is more like 18$ raise not 20$ just making great odds for the co to call pre with 69s.

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