AQs limp first level

[shejk]

30+3 on party today. I've regularly started limping my AK and AQ in the first two levels, hoping to get paid from worse aces when I hit and lose less when I don't.

What do you think about this play? Should I check behind on the turn when the flush comes, or should I perhaps valuebet this river? I got scared by his two calls and just hoped to win what was in the pot. Should I fold preflop?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

UTG (t500)
UTG+1 (t1080)
MP1 (t1670)
MP2 (t375)
MP3 (t715)
Hero (t755)
Button (t895)
SB (t1225)
BB (t785)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t15, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Hero calls t15, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, BB checks.

Flop: (t52.50) 4/images/graemlins/club.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t50</font>, BB folds, UTG+1 calls t50.

Turn: (t152.50) J/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t125</font>, UTG+1 calls t125.

River: (t402.50) 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: t402.50

[1C5]

I don't like that strategy of limping with those hands, especially AK. I think that is a mistake.

[shejk]

Please elaborate why.

[therock]

I like the turn the bet and the check after the river. If you check the turn and the river is non-scary, you are showing weakness and someone with a worse hand may take the pot from you.

[johnnybeef]

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I like the turn the bet and the check after the river. If you check the turn and the river is non-scary, you are showing weakness and someone with a worse hand may take the pot from you.

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op had position on utg+1. he needs to value bet. furthermore, you need to get your good hands paid off early on in a sng. start raising with premium hands to do so and feign weakness when they hit.

[Benholio]

I like your line all the way through. The only question is whether to value-bet the river, and I'm on the fence for that one.

In regards to limping AK, I really don't like it in any situation ever unless you are trying to limp/re-raise a super-agressive or something. AQ, on the other hand, I usually limp also unless I am LP and first-in or something.

[shejk]

The reason I didn't valuebet was the risk (or rather, fear) of running into a river raise-push. The board was rather scary, so that would have been impossible to call.

This specific hand, villain showed me AK for a very passively played TPTK. He sure made money from calling with that preflop... /images/graemlins/smile.gif