A75 rain, limped with AJs in MP, facing a weak bet and a raise

[ilya]

Wat too doo?

***** Hand History for Game 1036277997 *****
NL Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:6361802 Level:3 Blinds(25/50) - Friday, October 08, 18:45:37 EDT 2004
Table Table 11028 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 2: mrzarembsky ( $685 )
Seat 6: tlgib1 ( $1415 )
Seat 7: mrjohn13 ( $1545 )
Seat 9: BPMuskie312 ( $725 )
Seat 8: ugotnogut ( $1670 )
Seat 10: gruetter37 ( $1115 )
Seat 5: ctatum8 ( $845 )
Trny:6361802 Level:3
Blinds(25/50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to mrzarembsky [ Ac Jc ]
ugotnogut calls [50].
BPMuskie312 folds.
gruetter37 folds.
mrzarembsky calls [50].
ctatum8 calls [50].
tlgib1 folds.
mrjohn13 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7d, Ah, 5c ]
mrjohn13 bets [50].
ugotnogut raises [200].

[NotMitch]

Push or fold, maybe leaning towards fold. If you are playing the hand looks like its for your whole stack so you might as well stick it in.

I think the limp behind a limper sucks a lot in that spot. Why didn't you raise preflop?

[durron597]

There are, IMO two distinct ways to play this hand. Both are fine. The first is to do what you did, which would lead me to fold here (too often you are against 2 pair, a set, or AQ here); and even if you're not, you can't put UTG on a hand. I would only play back with a read.

Alternatively, since you are the CO, I prefer to raise to 200 preflop here, and fold to a raise. If you are called, you can play post flop against fewer players.

I like raising preflop here, but if you were, say, in seat 10 here, I would limp, bet if there's little action, fold if there's a lot of action. Proceed with caution.

[adanthar]

If I play it the way you did- and I often do- I fold here and don't think too hard about it.