MTT satellite, all in or fold?

[starchyy]

Absolute Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t30/t60
8 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: t1900
UTG+1: t3040
MP1: t1330
MP2: t3700
CO: t3200
Button: t1400
Hero: t1285
BB: t425

Pre-flop: (8 players) Hero is SB with J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
3 folds, MP2 calls t60 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t90)</font>, 2 folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to t180</font>, BB calls t120 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t270)</font>, <font color="#cc0000">MP2 raises to t480</font>, Hero folds, <font color="#cc0000">BB calls all-in t245</font>.
Uncalled bets: t55 returned to MP2.

Flop: 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (t1030, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t1030)


Turn: K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (t1030, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t1030)


River: T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (t1030, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t1030)


Results:
Final pot: t1030

i was thinking that after this hand played out, i should have made it 240 to go instead of 180. but besides my small sized raise, is the fold the right play here? still about 175 people before cash.
thanks

[AceTo5]

Well its an obvious fold once the limper reraises, but actually i think a better play would have been to limp in the SB because you want to try not to build pot-size out of position and AJ of hearts isnt a great hand to play out of postion. With that said you did make the correct laydown.

[Sherman]

1. Raise bigger PF (but you already said that).
2. If you know you are gonna make the straight by the river and your opponents aren't gonna make a full or a flush, just put it all in.
3. Number 2 was filled with heavy sarcasm.
4. Of course the fold is fine, unless MP2 was some sort of donkey moron, then re-push.

My guess is that MP2 had some sort of pocket pair.

[starchyy]

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Well its an obvious fold once the limper reraises, but actually i think a better play would have been to limp in the SB because you want to try not to build pot-size out of position and AJ of hearts isnt a great hand to play out of postion. With that said you did make the correct laydown.

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i honestly thought about limping in, but then i figured, if i could raise small enough that the bb moves all in, and the inital limper folds, i would have been happy, but then he ruined my plans and flat called (?!?!) and the limper came over the top of me.

[FlyingCarpet]

I'm not a fan of the min raise. You are basically just sweetening the pot since everybody will have great pot odds to call the small raise. Only a total Donk would fold to a minraise. If you are going to play AJs OOP, I would suggest either the limp or a fairly decent raise. My choice would be based upon the players already in the pot.

Either way, I c/fold to any aggression on this flop.

[Mr. Ratface]

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I'm not a fan of the min raise. You are basically just sweetening the pot since everybody will have great pot odds to call the small raise. Only a total Donk would fold to a minraise. If you are going to play AJs OOP, I would suggest either the limp or a fairly decent raise. My choice would be based upon the players already in the pot.

Either way, I c/fold to any aggression on this flop.

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Not sure if the above poster actually read the oiginal post as his raise wasn't a minraise and he never got to the flop so he can't check fold the flop.

Anyways, I think this early I would just call the small blind and go from there but if you're going to raise I would make it a lot more than you did because you wouldn't mind picking it up right there and avoid playing a hand out of position.

As played I would just fold after he pushes and find a better spot unless I saw that he was a maniac monkey.

But you never know he could be a moron with AT suited.