AJo too aggressive?

[xCEO]

MP3 is a passive player post flop

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Preflop: Hero is Button with A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, J/images/graemlins/club.gif. UTG+1 posts a blind of $0.5.
UTG folds, UTG+1 (poster) checks, MP1 folds, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, SB calls, BB folds, UTG+1 calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls.

Flop: (13 SB) T/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, UTG+1 checks, MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 bets</font>, CO folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, SB folds, UTG+1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls.

Turn: (8.50 BB) 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP3 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP3 calls.

River: (10.50 BB) 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP3 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP3 calls.

Final Pot: 12.50 BB

[zuluking]

You were correct in raising the flop, but then you need to take the free card on the turn and river if possible. You lose to a pair of tens ya?

[Cardzy]

I'm just curious as to why you raised pre-flop? It's already a multi-way pot which isn't good for this hand. No reason to try to knock the blinds out now and also no reason to build a pot for a hand that isn't good in a multi-way pot and encourage people to stay with draws when you hit your very vulnerable top pair because the pot is big.

Ok, so I call preflop. I raise the flop as I have position and may be able to get free cards and limit the field (which I really want to do at this point). I take the free card on the turn if I am allowed, and fold if I am bet into.

[zuluking]

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I'm just curious as to why you raised pre-flop?

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Probably because he likely has the best hand before the flop.

[davelin]

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You were correct in raising the flop, but then you need to take the free card on the turn and river if possible. You lose to a pair of tens ya?

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Ditto

[Dangergirl]

Agreed, preflop raise was good as was the one on the flop. After mising those both though, I would have probably tried to take the free card on the turn as someone already said.