Follow Up

To follow up my last post, I did put in a brief additional 1000 hand session Saturday night. It turned out to be a good idea as I added a quick $500 to my profit for the day, the vast majority of which was due to a good reg 4b overshoving AQo 3 handed (with the third player being a whale) into my AA 100bbs deep at 400NL. Yay for me being able to fade the second queen!

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (3 handed)

Button ($484)
SB ($158.70)
Hero (BB) ($406)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A♣, A♥
Button bets $12, SB calls $10, Hero raises to $54, Button raises to $484 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero calls $352 (All-In)

Flop: ($824) 8♦, Q♠, 7♣ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($824) 7♦ (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($824) 4♦ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $824 | Rake: $1

Results:
Button had A♦, Q♣ (two pair, Queens and sevens).
Hero had A♣, A♥ (two pair, Aces and sevens).
Outcome: $824 returned to Hero


He's a very good player, but no idea why he'd overshove with AQ there. You'd think either four betting to a normal size and then calling a shove if you think I'm shipping/spewing wide enough or folding to a shove if not would be significantly better, as the jam allows me to play pretty much perfectly. Though thinking about it a bit more, I suppose he could believe that because I should be three betting a depolarized range due to the presence of the whale, overshipping gives him the most fold equity against 77-TT type hands. I don't think that's the case though. He probably has the same FE with either size, with a typical 24-25bb sizing either allowing me to spew (and induce value) or allowing him to get away from the hand if he thinks I'm shipping tight.