This is a home game but it has a few good players in it. Table is 7 handed.

Reads:
Brook L- Got 2nd in the PCA a few years ago. Has ran a couple of bluffs and I caught him once to stack him. Has been playing pretty laggy and is 2 to my left which forced me to tighten up.

Bejorn- Pretty tight straight forward player. He tends to make a lot of poor calls otherwise his play is pretty standard. He is directly to my left.

Scott- Took down a HPT title last year. He plays a tag game that may be a little on the weak side. He tends to miss value on mediocre hands.

Hero- I've been playing lag until Brook showed up. Since then I've tightened up a little bit.


Stacks:
Hero- 600
Brook- 225
Bejorn- 350
Scott- 400

Bejorn is the main villain in this hand.


Hero is in the SB with Ah Qd. Brook straddles to $4

Folded to Scott who limps on the button. Hero completes. Bejorn raises to $15
Brook folds. Scott calls. Hero calls.

Pot- $49

Flop- 2c 7d Qh

Hero checks. Bejorn bets $50. Scott folds. Hero calls.

Pot- $149

Turn- 2c 7d Qh (6c)

Hero checks. Bejorn bets $100. Hero?


Analysis- I feel like I'm in a real interesting spot preflop. When everyone limps weak Brooks been raising it up, so when I look down at AQ I decided I'm going to limp/raise Brook. I thought about raising out of the SB but I felt a little uncomfortable being OOP. So my goal was to limp/raise Brook and hopefully end the hand before the flop.

When Bejorn raises I know he has some sort of hand. I was thinking 88+ A10+. He has raised OOP with weaker hands before but I sensed a bit more strength this time. After Scott calls I decide to just call.

I loveddddddddddd this flop so much. It was so dry and I had tp/tk. I check, Bejorn bets pot and Scott folds. I decide to call. If I check/raise here I lose value from everything I'm ahead of like JJ/1010 and get shoved on by everything that beats me. When the turn is a blank I'm pretty happy. I check it again, and he fires out $100. The board is so dry I'm not sure what he can put me on that isn't a Queen. Maybe A7? I'll just stop here so I don't include results. But folding and raising crossed my mind, calling didn't.

I really want to know what you guy's would do preflop but recommendations on all streets are welcome.

I really don't like limp/rring 4 handed, think there's way too much potential for it to get checked. 4 handed I'm 3-betting AQ preflop, theres just so much you're ahead of.

I shove the turn, weaker queens will look you up since your hand is really under repped, it almost looks like you have QJ or something.

Stop trapping/slowplaying with big chick preflop.
Just play it conventionally.
If you want to get fancy, do it with AA / KK so you can bitch when it gets cracked.

Anyway.

Call.

And call the river, too.

Oh sorry. The table is 7 handed, I should have included that in the OP.


Thanks.

i think u shold have raised, instead of just calling.
i have played this game before and if it was teh standard game i would assume your top-top is good. i would prob check call flop as u did. then prob donk bet turn or check raise.

How much are you willing to call on the river? What card on the river will scare you into folding? Any of them? If you think you're ahead here and would call a river bet, I'd go ahead and shove it in now. He may fold. He's only got 190 or so behind right? If you call there is going to be $350 in the pot.

The second option is calling and see what the river is. I don't think folding is an option here.

i would always raise preflop

with bejorn being a pretty standard player, I would fold turn. You're hoping to split w/AQ. Would he really bet here w/AK/JJ? If no then folding the turn is good.

Results:

I thought the turn was close between folding and CRAI. In the end I CRAI and he called with KK and I bricked out.