20/180 early AJ resteal

[AllinDan]

Villain in hand had raised the previous two hands, showing 65o and A5o. He seemed pretty bad. I don't have a lot of experience with reraising from the small blind, and then his rereraise just confused me.
What should my plan be for this hand? based on the previous hands I considered check/pushing the flop, but that's kind of a stab in the dark. His check behind was surprising too.

Thoughts?

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

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

UTG+1 (t2000)
MP1 (t1555)
MP2 (t1985)
CO (t2780)
Button (t1540)
Hero (t1665)
BB (t1225)
UTG (t750)

Preflop: Hero is SB with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t100</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t300</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t500</font>, Hero calls t200.

Flop: (t1050) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, Button checks.

Turn: (t1050) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero ??? . . . . .Checks, Villain bets 200

[SinPies]

Preflop is tough. I would probably just call the minraise and play some poker. If he's bad, he's often not folding to a reraise (especially a small one) when he's already put chips in the pot. You don't really want to bloat the pot out of position with a marginal hand when there's a good chance he's calling.

As played, I would try to get to showdown cheaply. His check behind on the flop could mean a lot of things, but my first thought would be that he's slowplaying something big--especially given the board. Hope to check it down.

[AllinDan]

I guess I'll just say the next action anyway because theres no reason not to. Hero checks, Villain bets 200. . .

[FortunaMaximus]

What was your intent on flop if he bet at it?

[0evg0]

preflop is pretty easy actually

raise to 500 and push any flop

[AllinDan]

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What was your intent on flop if he bet at it?

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I think I would have pushed all in, but I was really confused about it. I think given the player it might even have been best to push preflop - if I think my hand is good enough to call the extra 200, I just don't really have enough of a stack left to be able to make good decisions out of position.

[onoble]

Villain min raises preflop, cold calls your raise and then checks on flop. Then bets very little on turn... looks like a BIG hand. Could be aces, or trips... he is trying to make you hang around.

Preflop... I don't like the raise this early in this tournamnet a lot of donks around who are calling with crap and you are certainly not getting hands better than your to fold.
I would call and evaulate flop.

As played, I think you should bet into the flop to see were you stand.

On turn his bet to me looks like real strength, its tough because odds almost compell you to call, but if you do your gonna face heat on the river and be faced with a tough decision.

Overall It's too early to making advannced plays with AJo.

[erc007]

I'm not sure that I like/understand your pre-flop play here. If you are reraising b/c u think u have the best hand, then why not push over his 4-bet? If he is as bad as u say, he might call with AT or KQ. If you play enough 20/180's then u know that this type of guy is not going to fold to your 3-bet. The 3-bet is bad b/c is only bloats the pot, leaving you OOP w/out a made hand. In a typical 20/180 the only hands that I would 3-bet from the blinds here are QQ-AA. I would probably call w/JJ and TT and push w/AK. The thing about your hand is its not very far ahead of this guy's preflop range (and his range is probably huge.) IMO, calling his 4-bet mini-raise is your worst play here by far. You're OOP w/ a very medicore hand and one more bet/call and you're pot-committed. What do u do when the flop comes K92? Either fold to his 4-bet (bad option), or push after he makes it 500 to go. I would push this preflop everytime, but I wouldn't get into this spot wAJ. The turn is tough getting 6 to 1, with 5-9 outs (probably 5/6) I guess u have to call here since you're 7 to 1 to hit an ace or a queen.

[Colombo]

Please fold to his 4-bet raise preflop. Who cares what your odds are. You're almost always up against QQ+, and maybe AK sometimes. You're going to need a great flop to take the lead in this hand, and it's not gonna come often enough.