AQs in early position as the chipleader

[LarsM77]

This was PartyPoker $11 Turbo SNG. Loose table: players were calling raises with offsuited connectors.

I like my cards but with so many loose players behind me I was thinking about saving my chips for a better position.

What would you do? Thanks.


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (6 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

BB (t3310)
UTG (t5300)
Hero (t5040)
CO (t1020)
Button (t2520)
SB (t2810)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG calls t200

[DeuceSeven]

Raise to 700 ldo.

[pineapple888]

I'd generally call and go from there with a very nice implied odds hand, calling any PVS moves if UTG folded. I really don't want to get into a beef with the other big stack.

[Kevin8423]

I also call. You can't shove (my normal line probably even sitting on around 3k) because you are so deep and because there is another stack with the same amount of chips, even worse that he's the limper. By raising you make the pot so huge that it will put you in really bad spots when you miss if you want to make a c-bet.

[DeuceSeven]

We have position, we have a hand, we're playing in a donk filled pp $11. I raise in these situations in PS 6.50s all the time here's what usually happens:

-donk folds pf

-donk calls pf, checks, I miss the flop but bet 1/2 the pot he folds

[freeucm]

Make it 800

[Slade555]

Raise to 700.. pretty standard.

[billxo1b]

how is a fold here?

[freeucm]

Really dont see why u would fold here but u could.

[pineapple888]

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how is a fold here?

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Hero folding? Way too weak. Just call with position on the other big stack, and hope to hit the flop hard. If not just get away cheap. Like I said it's a pretty easy call against anyone else who decides to shove downstream.