27$ - middlestacked AQ hand
 

Hi, what ya think about this?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

UTG (t1290)
UTG+1 (t1580)
MP1 (t1890)
MP2 (t970)
MP3 (t2005)
CO (t945)
Hero (t1395)
SB (t1525)
BB (t1900)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls t50, MP2 calls t50, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t250</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls t200, MP2 folds.

Flop: (t625) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t1145 (All-In)</font>

Re: 27$ - middlestacked AQ hand
 

I'll be fascinated by the responses on this.

Imho I like it. There are very few hands in his range that he can confidently call with, other than improbable sets, of which 99 is by far most likely.

Re: 27$ - middlestacked AQ hand
 

looks pretty spewy i dont like the raise there given ur stack size.

Re: 27$ - middlestacked AQ hand
 

I usually just limp AQ behind at this blind level. As played, the bet is double pot so I'm not too thrilled. A c-bet has to be pretty big so I lean towards a check.

Re: 27$ - middlestacked AQ hand
 

Mh, if I limp behind we see a flop 5-handed.
I hate this with TPTK/TP2K... and I don't think I'm good at playing it.
Is pushing pf very bad?

Re: 27$ - middlestacked AQ hand
 

Pushing pf isn't awful, not optimal though.

I limp behind as well.

As played, check behind, that board is super coordinated &amp; good for a limp/call range. When someone limp calls that much, a much dryer board or Kxx is much better. J high flops are death.

Re: 27$ - middlestacked AQ hand
 

I limp pre as well. cbet has to be at least 400 and that's a huge chunk of our stack on kinda a drawy board. Though you've kinda made the pot too big to give up on I think so I would probably still fire here (but not a shove).

Re: 27$ - middlestacked AQ hand
 

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Pushing pf isn't awful, not optimal though.

I limp behind as well.

As played, check behind, that board is super coordinated &amp; good for a limp/call range.

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To call a push though? I think it would be a bad board to bet into but can most hands that connected with it call you?

Re: 27$ - middlestacked AQ hand
 

I hate shoving pf here. We have what ~28bbs w/ one limper... shoving seems very spewy. And I hate jamming this flop just as much. I limp pf, and check/fold unless I pair on later streets.

Edit: Sorry, 2 limpers pf, doesn't change the math that much.

Re: 27$ - middlestacked AQ hand
 

As played I don't think a push here is that bad....

However I will agree with the posts above and just limp behind here, you're at the awkward level of the SNG, no point in spewing.