Unsure what to do with my AJs (folding seems weak...)

[Sam T.]

Stars $20/180. 12 or 13 left. Villain hasn't done anything too, too crazy. I've been card dead and (IF he's paying attention) seem tight. I just doubled up with AK to get my stack.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1200 (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Hero (t20127)
BB (t14350)
UTG (t20783)
MP (t15122)
CO (t27359)
Button (t22475)

Preflop: Hero is SB with J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t3600</font>,

<font color="blue">Hero? </font>

I don't like calling OOP.
I don't like folding with stacks this shallow.
I don't like raising since I doubt I fold better hands. I don't even know that 77-99 let this go.

[0evg0]

this is on the border between easy fold and really easy fold.

[registrar]

Yeah, it's nasty. I would let this got if it wasn't [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] but I'm a sucker for pretty hands. Pushing sucks because not one worse hand calls and not many, if any, worse hands raised in the first place so that leads me to calling - the deciding factor being that we have just enough room for a check-raise.

[0evg0]

change the J to a Q and suddenly this becomes interesting

[Jack-in-a-box]

This is a fold obviously. Even for me - a guy who suck in tournaments generally

[Brunsie]

I call, I'm getting sick of guys that play push/fold... Let's see what the flop brings..... Push any flushdraw or J-high flop!

[Beachman42]

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this is on the border between easy fold and really easy fold.

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Interesting, esp when you include your J to a Q comment. Care to elaborate?

I'm not a huge fan of calling, but we do close the action and act first on the flop which is pretty key here. If I recall, there is ~T6,000 in the pot and we need to put in 2400 or 10% of our stack to call.

UTG has the same stack size &amp; *generally* an UTG raise is legit, not a steal. However, we are as short handed as you can get, so I'd loosen his hand range a tad.

Given the pot odds, we are only making an incorrect call vs. AK-AQ &amp; JJ+, or &lt;5% of all hands. Hard to put a thinking villian on that tight of a range 6 handed. Since OP doesn't think he can fold a better hand pf, calling and running a modified SnG seems to be a valid line here.

If not, please explain.

[Jack-in-a-box]

I thought it is obvious that calling with a hand which is dominated by all standard raising hands UTG is incorrect? We could probably make such call in position, but not from the SB vs UTG.

[Beachman42]

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I thought it is obvious that calling with a hand which is dominated by all standard raising hands UTG is incorrect? We could probably make such call in position, but not from the SB vs UTG.

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What do you consider "standard" raising hands UTG short handed on a FT bubble?

[Jack-in-a-box]

99+, AJ+ - he is tight, isn't he?