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$1/$2 NLH live @ MGM.Hero is in BB w/ $160.Villain is in C/O w/ $180.Villain is fairly tight/passive. She's been playing for over an hour and I haven't seen her reraise anyone yet.I'd been playing pretty tight as well and had shown down 2 hands, AA and AK.Preflop:Dealt to Hero: AAFolded to Villain who raises to $10. Folded to Hero who calls.2 players. $21 pot.Flop: K:heart: Q:club: 6 :club: Hero checks. Villain bets $15. Hero raises to $50. Villain raises all-in ($100 more for hero to call).I'm getting 2.2:1 on the call but there aren't a lot of real hands I can beat. Against KK or QQ I'm dead. KQ I'm 3:1 dog. My only real hope here is AK and I'm not real sure she'd move in with that hand after I check-raise.I stared her down for a long time and I'm dead certain she had a legit hand. Maybe it was AK but I didn't think so. My gut said it was QQ and I laid it down. Doing a little pokerstoving I'm not so sure. Against AA,KK,QQ, 66, AK & KQ I'm 37% which is good enough to call with my odds. But that's dependant on her moving in w/AK which I somewhat doubt. She mucked so I'll always wonder about it but what do you guys think?Other parts of the hand: Preflop is not an issue for me. I'd been playing tight so a raise would have identified my hand too well and I wanted to induce action with my aces even out of position. Against a looser player I probably would have reraised preflop and then checked the flop to induce action but here I felt smooth-calling was my best play.Leading at the flop is more of an option but it seems as if it would kill action from many hands I need her to bet (88-JJ, AQ) while tying me onto the hand if she has a set or two pair.

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$1/$2 NLH live @ MGM.Hero is in BB w/ $160.Villain is in C/O w/ $180.Villain is fairly tight/passive. She's been playing for over an hour and I haven't seen her reraise anyone yet.I'd been playing pretty tight as well and had shown down 2 hands, AA and AK.Preflop:Dealt to Hero: AAFolded to Villain who raises to $10. Folded to Hero who calls.2 players. $21 pot.Flop: K:heart: Q:club: 6 :club: Hero checks. Villain bets $15. Hero raises to $50. Villain raises all-in ($100 more for hero to call).I'm getting 2.2:1 on the call but there aren't a lot of real hands I can beat. Against KK or QQ I'm dead. KQ I'm 3:1 dog. My only real hope here is AK and I'm not real sure she'd move in with that hand after I check-raise.I stared her down for a long time and I'm dead certain she had a legit hand. Maybe it was AK but I didn't think so. My gut said it was QQ and I laid it down. Doing a little pokerstoving I'm not so sure. Against AA,KK,QQ, 66, AK & KQ I'm 37% which is good enough to call with my odds. But that's dependant on her moving in w/AK which I somewhat doubt. She mucked so I'll always wonder about it but what do you guys think?Other parts of the hand: Preflop is not an issue for me. I'd been playing tight so a raise would have identified my hand too well and I wanted to induce action with my aces even out of position. Against a looser player I probably would have reraised preflop and then checked the flop to induce action but here I felt smooth-calling was my best play.Leading at the flop is more of an option but it seems as if it would kill action from many hands I need her to bet (88-JJ, AQ) while tying me onto the hand if she has a set or two pair.
Is it me or is she holding Aces here also???
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No disrespect, but I'd rather win a small pot than lose a big one.I think your decision on the flop would have been much easier if you would have reraised and showed her you had strength. The check-raise on the flop, coupled with the preflop call would tell me you were either on a draw or hit a set of 6's possibly. If I had top two or A/K I'd probably move in on you and hope you were on an OESD, instead of the set.Considering how everything played out, you probaboy made the right decision, though. I'm guessing that she hit two pair and pushed.

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Is it me or is she holding Aces here also???
That occurred to me later as a possibility. It's mathematically very unlikely but I put it in the pokerstove range of hands.
How is this math, I saw it happen twice within about a 2hr period. AA vs AA. No BS
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Is it me or is she holding Aces here also???
That occurred to me later as a possibility. It's mathematically very unlikely but I put it in the pokerstove range of hands.
How is this math, I saw it happen twice within about a 2hr period. AA vs AA. No BS
Mathematically there are only two aces left in the deck (I hope). Therefore there's only 1 way for her to have aces here while there are 3 ways for her to have queens (Q:heart:Q:diamond:, Q:heart:Q:spade:, Q:diamond:Q:spade: ), 3 ways to have kings, 3 ways for 66, 9 ways for KQ, 6 ways for AK. So it's just unlikely.
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I think with this powerful of a hand even the check raise post flop is where your main issue is. After the flop comes down with all those high cards I think a lead out bet for $15 would have been in order for 2 reasons. 1. It gives you in early position control of the action instead of giving them the advatange of their position.2. It allows you a chance to get away from the hand with less money lost.I think with aces you should control the action. And while most people will play aces to a showdown I think that you ultimately made the right decision to lay them down, I think you could have saved some money in the long run.

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If your read is right, you have to get away from this hand. If she is passive and tight but is willing to come back over the top of you, she is not worried about your hand. That means she has a set or 2 pair most likely. A tight player is not going to go crazy with an OESD, and a passive player won't with TPTK. If she is passive, I am wondering why you didn't lead at this flop. You can not count on her to make a continuation bet. What does she have here? Let's say 2 broadway cards or some kind of pocket pair. If she has a small pp she will not bet for you. If she has a draw she will not bet. She will only bet if she has a hand, given your read. So then do you hope she has one pair and a good kicker? That is the only way a passive player will bet into you if you are still ahead in the hand.

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