AJs on button, hijack raises, round 3 of stuper

[betgo]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) internettexasholdem.com

MP2 (t1055)
MP3 (t2970)
CO (t975)
Hero (t1265)
SB (t1785)
BB (t2145)
UTG (t2885)
UTG+1 (t2215)
MP1 (t2025)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises to t150</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero ???

[AceLuby]

In position, I call and see a flop.

[ddrstel]

Call imo.

I would call and see a flop. Calling also means you're likely to get the blinds along as well.

Raising (either to t400 or all-in) will get worse hands to fold and better hands to call.

Folding just seems weak.

I like position here and playing a larger pot with the blinds means we can see how the flop plays and go from there.

[seke2]

Call. Rest gets in eventually on any board where you flop a pair, flush draw, straight draw, or any combination thereof, playing any sort of hand very aggressively on this small stack.

[Ninth Prince]

I think I'm folding here. I'm going to respect the raise and assume that I'm behind at this point. If I continue it's just with the flush draw in mind--and this seems too high a price to pursue a flush draw.

[ZootMurph]

Any information on MP3? He obviously got some chips, so we must have seen him play a few hands. Also, what's your image looking like?

With no information and your stack size, I'd lean towards a call.

[Mi_T_Sharp]

Betgo,

It seems like everyone pretty much wants to call. Calling is OK, but you don't have to call just b/c you have a pretty looking hand like AJs. Depending on how you view the villian, and with your stack size, you could be better off folding this hand IMO. If the Villian is an overagressive type, I would probably push this hand. If he seems pretty solid, I may fold. Occassionaly folding hands like AJs or AQ following a raise is good poker when the stack sizes dictate it. I think this is one of those spots. I don't think there's anything wrong with calling, but I also think folding is a viable option that shouldn't be overlooked.

[stokken]

The stuper has such a [censored] structure and a large percentage of good players that letting the blinds in on this hand has little merit with these stacks imo.

You are in need of accumulating and with a raise from mp I`d say AJs does well against his range. I pop it to 450-500, and full throttle from there on

Anyways I`d want it hu. You are in push/fold mode soon anyhow. My 2 cents

Stokken

[AceLuby]

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The stuper has such a [censored] structure and a large percentage of good players that letting the blinds in on this hand has little merit with these stacks imo.

You are in need of accumulating and with a raise from mp I`d say AJs does well against his range. I pop it to 450-500, and full throttle from there on

Anyways I`d want it hu. You are in push/fold mode soon anyhow. My 2 cents

Stokken

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So we're going to raise most of our stack on AJs? What do we do if it's all bricks and he bets into us, or if we get re-raised PF? IMO we should utilize our position here, keep the pot small due to our small stack and play some pokah.

[stokken]

And calling with nothing but dreams of a favourable flopp is playing pokah?

Sure if the stacks where +2,5x larger I`d see a call as reasonable play, and releasing if so appropriate.
Not here!