AJo multiway preflop

[slik]

Playing in a loose passive B and M game. 4-5 limpers. You have AJo in on the button. If you call there will be 7-8 to flop. How marginal is this hand? +EV?

[MitchL]

Where is your raise option?

[rory]

Folding and raising are both not good.

[MitchL]

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Folding and raising are both not good.

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Im listening.

[rory]

Big unsuited, unconnected cards do not play very well in large multiway pots because in general they will make one pair and one pair is not enough to win often times in these pots. But folding it is obviously wrong. So calling is correct.

AJo. Do I want to play multiway? No. Do I want to play a big pot? No. I can't do anything about it already being multiway, but I can do something about it being a big pot.

[slik]

how about something weaker like KTo? Do you like to call this also?

[MitchL]

Ok what about AQo or even AKo?

[slik]

I didn't even consider it. Multiway pot was all I was thinking and how AJo is weak multiway. I wonder though if we should raise AKo here. I guess probably. I am not too experienced at full ring.

[rory]

I call too.

[rory]

I raise AKo for sure because if I make top pair it is the best pair always and someone will have to make two pair to beat me. It's too good to limp. AJo doesn't have that luxury. I limp AQo sometimes and raise AQo sometimes.