[elmitchbo]

this hand is bugging me a bit. i prefer to bust out on a hand where i know i played it right, or i know i played it wrong. thsi hand is somewhere inbetween. i think villain and i both made valid, if not correct plays, and it just came down to who caught cards. not my favorite situation, but it migth have been unavoidable. is there better line here?

blinds are 100/200. down to 16 players i think. stacks @ my table range from $1190 to $9275. i have $2765 after posting the BB. UTG has $7000+. button has $5000+.

UTG calls 200. button calls 200. i look down at AsJs. i raise to 600. both players call.

flop comes A J 7 all clubs.

ugh. now what? i don't thnk i can get away from top two here and leave myself with an M of 7.5. the stack sizes and the pot size don't seem to yield a good play. the pot is roughly $1900, and i have $2365 behind. a CB would cost me almost a third of my stack, and gives both players 3 to 1. if i push i give both players 2 to 1 to see 2 cards. i don't have enough chips to move anyone off with a check raise. checking top 2 pair and giving a free card here doesn't seem smart at all.

anyway... i push, UTG calls, and button folds. he shows AdQc. turn is a blank and the river is 8c. out in 16th.

villain had top pair, the 2nd nut flush draw, and three good Q's. he had to call. if i check, he bets out for sure and i have to call or push the rest in with top 2 and 4 outs to fill up against the flush.

is there any clever play to make here, or is it just a situation where the odds are pretty even and both players are getting what they need?

as a side note... anybody think allin preflop is the way to go? with an M of 10 i usually don't like that move, but AJs out of position against two callers with big stacks??? is that the kind of move i'm going to read about in KP?