$1.2 AQ, call after raise?

[mattiesmat]

Was this call correct?
The raiser had played 40% of the hands so far, but had not raised preflop so far.

PokerStars Tournament, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

UTG (t1270)
UTG+1 (t1470)
MP1 (t1630)
MP2 (t1490)
MP3 (t2215)
CO (t295)
Hero (t955)
SB (t2465)
BB (t1710)

Preflop: Hero is in Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
<font color="gray">UTG folds</font>, <font color="gray">UTG+1 folds</font>, <font color="gray">MP1 folds</font>, <font color="gray">MP2 folds</font>, <font color="red">MP3 raises to t120</font>, <font color="gray">CO folds</font>, Hero calls t120, <font color="gray">SB folds</font>, <font color="gray">BB folds</font>

Flop: (t285) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
<font color="red">MP3 bets t210</font>, <font color="gray">Hero folds</font>

[Little John]

i play it the same. i would fold if villian opened from EP, but in a 1.2 i'm guessing you should be calling most preflop raises with AQ.

[pa3lsvt]

Totally fine in a $1. The 4BB raise from the hijack is usually a hand they are scared of (A-middle, KQ, or mid pair), so smooth calling here from the button and seeing a flop is a good play. If you hit an A or a Q, you have a good chance of doubling through villain. He'll be especially likely to stack off since he's 2:1 outchipping you and won't give you credit for AQ since you didn't 3bet preflop.

[mortimo]

I prefer a push preflop

[RexWoo]

How did you lose so many chips so early ?

120 is too much to call for your stack.

I'd push.

[mattiesmat]

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How did you lose so many chips so early ?

120 is too much to call for your stack.

I'd push.

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Can't remember how I lost the chips.
120 is too much with BB 30?

[pauliewalnuts]

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I prefer a push preflop

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I agree with this. Since youve got &lt;1000, pushing seems best. Simply calling is probably the worst option.

[RexWoo]

No 120/955 which is like 1/8th of your stack so call preflop/ fold flop is really bad.

Add the blinds and there are 165 in the pot which are really good to your stack. push &gt;&gt; call

[dwigt]

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No 120/955 which is like 1/8th of your stack so call preflop/ fold flop is really bad.

Add the blinds and there are 165 in the pot which are really good to your stack. push &gt;&gt; call

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Totally agree. Also until L4, I really think AQ should be your absolute cutoff to consider playing except in special situations. Look at your $1.2 tournament histories and see what level the bubble starts at and how many blinds you need to pay if you just folded to get there.