$16 - AQ vs UTG raising LAGG
 

He was 27/10 so far.
What to do?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (7 handed) by Hand Converter CG

Button (t1500)
SB (t3540)
BB (t1860)
UTG (t1025)
MP1 (t2945)
MP2 (t1425)
Hero (t1205)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t400</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero ??

Re: $16 - AQ vs UTG raising LAGG
 

10 is opening pretty tight and he's opening UTG so I am mucking.

Re: $16 - AQ vs UTG raising LAGG
 

First realize he's pot committed and thus you have no fold equity -- you must show down the best hand to win.

Second realize that while he probably has opened his UTG range, he's not terribly desperate. He could let the blinds hit which would take him to 8.5BBs.

His UTG open range is normally going to be less than 10%, but given the stage of the game, he needs to open up. So one question to answer is how much those factors change his opening range. For the sake of argument let's say they cancel each other out netting us a 10% open range.

If it were just the two of you, I think it's an easy push. With 3 players to act behind you it gets more complex. How wide will the players behind call/overpush? Let's assume they see a raise and a push and thus call/overpush with only AA, KK.


Given that scenario, this is an easy fold.

You don't want to shove until his open range hits around 15% . And again, we're assuming the players behind are only going to enter with AA KK.

Jeff

Re: $16 - AQ vs UTG raising LAGG
 

Fold is good. I'm shoving if he is in LP.