FT - AQ in the big blind
 

6th hand final table. no read on villain.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20000 (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

SB (t161392)
Hero (t126322)
UTG (t135384)
UTG+1 (t406578)
MP1 (t172152)
MP2 (t130214)
MP3 (t99693)
CO (t233061)
Button (t147704)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to t40000</font>, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero ??</font>


thanks

Re: FT - AQ in the big blind
 

Probably I ship it. I don't give much credence to minraises, and you're pretty damn short compared to the blinds.

Re: FT - AQ in the big blind
 

sorry

ship it = push?

Re: FT - AQ in the big blind
 

I'm coming over the top all in here 90 % of the time. If I had 140K in chips then a stop n go would be effective too.
Highly doubt I am laying this hand down here.

Re: FT - AQ in the big blind
 

Pushing is good. Stop &amp; Go is also good. I think I like the latter better, but would probably get so excited to see an ace-face at the FT, I'd push.

Re: FT - AQ in the big blind
 

so this feels like a low to mid pair, AT-AQ (maybe AK), KQs. of those youre coin flipping most and dominating the others except ak. to me a stop and go works if you have the balls to push anything on the flop. if not i push now

Re: FT - AQ in the big blind
 

push it real good

Re: FT - AQ in the big blind
 

Well, I definitely wouldn't be folding AQ to a minraise, especially when I know it'll be heads up if I call.

-Ernie S. Irwin

Re: FT - AQ in the big blind
 

this being the sixth hand. should we observe the table a little? err on the side of caution. i know m &lt;5, but so is half the table. what information can you get from a mini raise?

wouldn't it be better play to wait for position and push with any two?

Re: FT - AQ in the big blind
 

No this is a very easy push. You are way ahead of both his opening and calling range. Folding this is playing scared.

Also to the guy who siad stop and go... this is an awful spot for a stop and go. You will rarely ever get a pair to fold on the flop given the stack sizes. You want to get it all in and see 5 cards.