Can I fold AA88 in this situation?

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Can I fold AA88 in this situation?

Blinds: $0.01/$0.02 (6 Players) BN: $6.41
SB: $3.04
BB: $2.00
UTG: $4.50
MP: $3.06
CO: $2.49 (Hero)
Preflop ($0.03) Hero is CO with A 8 A 8
UTG raises to $0.07, MP folds, Hero raises to $0.24, 3 folds, UTG calls $0.17
Flop ($0.51) T Q Q
UTG bets $0.49, Hero calls $0.49
Turn ($1.49) T Q Q 4
UTG bets $0.76, Hero raises to $1.76 and is all in, UTG calls $1.00
River ($5.01) T Q Q 4 3
Final Pot UTG wins and shows a full house, Tens full of Queens (pot not awarded as player cashed out).
CO lost and shows two pair, Aces and Queens.
UTG wins $4.84
Rake is $0.17

Because of the UTG's lead pot bet on flop I put him on a strong draw since I though nobody would lead out with trips or full against the pre flop aggressor. What would be your thought process in this situation ?

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PacnyTuH0 4 years, 10 months ago

I'm never raising at any point.
If he's bluffing, let him bluff by just calling flop and turn.
Once he bets the river, I'm not sure since it depends on your opponent's tendencies.
I've seen players take this line with both bluffs and strong hands at the micros.
Your hand is a bluff catcher, not a value hand, so I think raising is not an option.

Emty 4 years, 10 months ago

Hi nmsKing, Thank you for posting the hand!

Although EP is supposed to have a leading range EPvsCO3bet, leads are very underutilized whith non-value hands on these broadway pairing boards at these stakes. Your opponent also leads pot, which seems pretty strong in this spot and should ring some alarm bells.

You argue that you put him on strong draws. Looking at the board and our hand, we do block quite a lot of his leading range that is composed of draws. We block 2 Aces and 2 8's which blocks a very high amount of wraps. Additionally we do block the nutFD holding the Ac.

I think we can be very disciplined and fold Flop.

Best,
Emty

devwil 4 years, 10 months ago

Grunching.

This ends up being very villain-dependent, but usually I'd just dump it OTF. Donk bets (unless I have a specific read otherwise) are almost always something with high SDV, and usually SDV that thinks it's vulnerable.

Say, trips.

And we have Ac so they don't have the NFD. KcJc maybe, but that's optimistic.

Raising turn is a pretty unsatisfying waste of $1.76. Could have bought a can of soda or somethin' idk.

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