$11 NLTRN - 25/50 blinds, facing a 1/2-pot lead bet

[pokercurious]

Poker Stars, $11 + $0.50 NL Hold'em Tournament, 25/50 Blinds

Hero (SB): 1,445
BB: 1,555

Pre-Flop: (75) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] dealt to Hero (SB)
Hero calls 25
<font color="red">BB raises to 100</font>
Hero calls 50

Flop: (200) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">BB bets 100</font>
Hero ???

I'm unsure about this hand in general. Villain started out very aggressive, almost maniacal, but seemed to cool down and get in line during level II (15/30 blinds). However, he played very aggressively postflop whenever we got there.

Do I just fold this to the min-raise preflop? That's hard because I'm pretty sure his range is fairly wide - he's done this a couple of times already when I've tried to limp with 68s-type hands, but these are the first minraises I've seen from him in the match. I should probably fold here, right?

Given that I've probably misplayed the hand preflop, what do I do on the flop? When he leads for 100 there, what do I do? Flat-calling seems not great, but then again, raising doesn't seem great either. Fold?

[PureDiesel]

Fold PREFLOP, not on the FLOP!
As played, raise flop, since he was is on the agro side and play for all the chips.

[pokercurious]

Yeah, looking back at it, it seems pretty clear I should have folded preflop. Now the question is, do I fold J2s to the raise, or before the limp i.e. should I not bother limping with J2s here, despite having position?

And it's nice to have my postflop play corroborated - I raised to 350, he shoved, I called.

[ChicagoRy]

If you're limping J2s here it would be a crime to fold to a minraise preflop with position.

If I knew he wouldn't flat my check raise very often I think flop would be a clear raise.

Since villain is aggro, I like the flop raise. You have a ton of equity against his range and he's going to a fold a chunk of it as well.

[pokercurious]

So with approx 30BB stacks do you fold J2s preflop?

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If you're limping J2s here...

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That makes it sound like it's probably not a good play.

I can see it being a clear fold at 15BB effective stacks, but it actually seems ok here, especially against this type of opponent.

I guess the main problem with it is what happens when a dry flop contains a J and you're facing aggression. But that seems like it shouldn't be too hard to get away from.

Is this thinking way off base?

[ChicagoRy]

No, it's fine. I don't mind a limp in an 11 if he's not raising a lot of my limps. But it's better against an opponent that lets you steal a lot of flops.