preflop Analysis
AQo is a standard Button open at 100BB. The 2.5BB sizing keeps weaker blinds in while preserving a strong, wide opening range.
Open AQo routinely, then call the tiny flop lead often enough to retain Villain’s high-card bluffs without inflating the pot against pairs.
AQo is a standard Button open at 100BB. The 2.5BB sizing keeps weaker blinds in while preserving a strong, wide opening range.
Calling is the main action, though this remains a genuine mix: for us, the strategy calls about 60% and raises selectively. The tiny lead gives us an excellent price, and folding an ace-high hand that beats Villain’s unpaired holdings gives up too much equity. **Ranges:** Villain has more pairs and stronger made hands, all of which beat us, but the lead also contains air such as ace-high and queen-high. Raising makes those weaker hands fold while pairs continue, so calling preserves their mistakes and controls the pot. **Math:** We need only 19.8% equity to continue and have roughly 46.6% against this betting range. With deep stacks, that price comfortably supports a call despite the vulnerable hand class. **Plan:** Continue cautiously on later streets: an ace is our cleanest improvement, while many other turns leave us with only a bluff-catcher against continued pressure. --- > **Takeaway:** Against a tiny probe, call ace-high when the price is low and Villain still carries enough unpaired hands.