33s - Open raise with AJ?

Mark1978 · #1 07-12-2006, 05:27 AM

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

UTG (t4315)
UTG+1 (t1790)
MP1 (t1470)
Hero (t1700)
MP3 (t1680)
CO (t2975)
Button (t1630)
SB (t2870)
BB (t1570)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
3 folds, Hero raises to t300, 2 folds, Button raises to t500, 2 folds, Hero calls t200.

Flop: (t1150) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets [t1130] , Hero calls t1130.

Is my open raise OK?
Do you call the extra 200? This raise has AA,KK,QQ written all over it.
I figured KK or QQ the most likely holding on the flop since there are only 2 aces left.

AmazingErvin · #2 07-12-2006, 05:30 AM

Open raise is fine as well as the 200 call. This flop well...depends on your read. He can have AA, AK, KK, QQ, or just total crap like KJ. If it's someone decent(hard to imagine with that minraise) you can fold much easier, but I think I'd wait for a better spot than this. It's tough but you really have very little information to go on.

Bonafone · #3 07-12-2006, 05:34 AM

to those of you playing teh 33's, how standard is the 3x raise here? I ask because I absolutely never open that much.

AmazingErvin · #4 07-12-2006, 05:38 AM

Uhh...3x is about as standard as it gets.

Mark1978 · #5 07-12-2006, 05:58 AM

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to those of you playing teh 33's, how standard is the 3x raise here? I ask because I absolutely never open that much.

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I've been getting away with 2.5xBB quite alot. How much would you make it?

laser16 · #6 07-12-2006, 06:44 AM

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to those of you playing teh 33's, how standard is the 3x raise here? I ask because I absolutely never open that much.

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I open raise 2.5-2.75x here everytime.

AnthonyV · #7 07-12-2006, 10:21 AM

With AJo in relatively early position, I almost never open raise 3x. Sometimes I limp, sometimes I fold. At one level higher or a particularly tight table, I start raising.

Bonafone · #8 07-12-2006, 08:14 PM

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Uhh...3x is about as standard as it gets.

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haha, way to come off as a dick. I actually just fold this most of the time, but if I do decide to play I open this to 250 or 275 95% of the time but this is at the 109's+.