Common situation with awkward stack sizes $4.40

[markbris]

I run into this situation fairly often. Usually there is either one or two limpres in front of me but I hold a hand like AQ or 1010 that figures to be ahead of their range. However, a normal raise with compensation for the limpers leaves me lil room to work with on the flop, like a psb. And if the flop comes bad for my hand Im left unsure of what to do. Whats the best move, is an allin too big, how about playing smallball kinda with a small raise to like 200 knowing you will get played with, or a normal raise to like 300 or so? Lots of options, need some advice.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) internettexasholdem.com

Button (t1130)
SB (t4400)
BB (t1660)
UTG (t1323)
UTG+1 (t7385)
MP1 (t6245)
Hero (t1185)
CO (t2570)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t50, MP1 calls t50, Hero ?