AJ fold to raise ??

[tjh]

I get AJ fairly early in a toruney and I see the flop. Position was bad and AJ leads to trouble. I know, I should have raised into the preflop or folded.

Anyhow any advice on how to play this better. I was hoping to outplay him postflop but that was not the case. Check-raise the flop maybe ?


Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

CO (t3100)
Button (t1230)
SB (t1250)
BB (t1325)
UTG (t1660)
Hero (t1395)
MP1 (t975)
MP2 (t2225)
MP3 (t1840)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with J/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls t30, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, Button calls t30, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t120) K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t70</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t140</font>, SB folds, BB folds, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t330

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
No showdown. Button wins t330. </font>

[DasLeben]

I muck AJo preflop in this position early in the tourney.

[LeVoodoo]

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I muck AJo preflop in this position early in the tourney.

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[jgunnip]

Muck preflop.
But since you stuck yourself in that position I think your flop raise should have been stronger. Anyone agree?

[Sykes]

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Muck preflop.
But since you stuck yourself in that position I think your flop raise should have been stronger. Anyone agree?

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Yeah, a bet of 100 is better. But muck this pre-flop. Too early to get involved in a big pot with a substandard hand.