AQo from BB

[David04]

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

MP3 (t1520)
CO (t2590)
Button (t1800)
SB (t1080)
Hero (t1500)
UTG (t1240)
UTG+1 (t1420)
UTG+2 (t1460)
MP1 (t910)
MP2 (t1480)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A/images/graemlins/club.gif, Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, CO calls t20, Button calls t20, SB completes, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t120</font>, UTG calls t120, CO folds, Button calls t100, SB folds.

Flop: (t400) 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t300</font>, UTG folds, Button calls t300.

Turn: (t1000) 2/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets t1000</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t2000


Did I play this okay?

[Elektrik]

Looks fine to me, although I might have made a slightly smaller continuation bet. Checking, as your OOP with 2 other players, isn't so bad either, although I prefer the bet.

[Rolen]

I'd prefer your line if the flop was something like 952, that way there are a lot less hands that can call you. Anything with an 8 in their hand is calling your 300, plus you get plenty of people at the start of the tourney willing to call you with dumb gutshots. I would probably play it a little more low-key with such an obvious possible draw out there..Save this flop bet for when you got top pair, good kicker.

It's not bad by any means though, aggression in poker never hurt anyone 'cept your opponents.

[jenium]

Speaking of aggression with AQ... do you think my play is too wimpy here? I think once i face a big raise, it's too weak to just call, but maybe i could have made an initial raise to 3X BB? But then what would i do if i got one caller and missed the flop? Continue the charade? Is it worth it with such small blinds?

Seat 2: micahthehead ( $685 )
&gt; Seat 4: Haldeman101 ( $1755 )
&gt; Seat 5: Greggypoo22 ( $785 )
&gt; Seat 6: Benderrover1 ( $635 )
&gt; Seat 7: nologojammer ( $1815 )
&gt; Seat 10: sacco165 ( $775 )
&gt; Seat 3: steveg69 ( $750 )
&gt; Seat 8: jenium ( $800 )
&gt; Trny:10896355 Level:1
&gt; Blinds(10/15)
&gt; ** Dealing down cards **
&gt; Dealt to jenium [ Qh As ]
&gt; nologojammer calls [15].
&gt; jenium calls [15].
&gt; sacco165 folds.
&gt; micahthehead folds.
&gt; steveg69 raises [125].
&gt; Haldeman101 folds.
&gt; Greggypoo22 folds.
&gt; Benderrover1 folds.
&gt; nologojammer folds.
&gt; jenium folds.
&gt; steveg69 does not show cards.
&gt; steveg69 wins 180 chips
&gt;

[Elektrik]

jenium-

I think folding is definitely your best option in this situation.

I also like raising AQo here after the first limper, although I don't think calling here is bad.

[The Yugoslavian]

I like to play AQ in a smallish pot that I feel I can control.

I like your limp from EP here. I also like your fold to the big pre-flop raise. FWIW, this is most likely exactly how I would have played the hand.

Yugoslav

[Maulik]

FWIW is what?

[David04]

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