Did I overplay my AJ?

FullTiltPoker Game #156121596: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (970801), Table 1 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:44:19 ET - 2005/07/16
Seat 3: CopyBoy (6,960)
Seat 7: glovestory (3,125)
Seat 8: bwconvention (3,415)
glovestory posts the small blind of 80
bwconvention posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bwconvention [As Js]
CopyBoy folds
glovestory raises to 320
bwconvention raises to 3,415, and is all in
glovestory calls 2,805, and is all in
bwconvention shows [As Js]
glovestory shows [Ac Kc]
Uncalled bet of 290 returned to bwconvention
*** FLOP *** [4d 8d Jd]
*** TURN *** [4d 8d Jd] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [4d 8d Jd Td] [Ks]
bwconvention shows a pair of Jacks
glovestory shows a pair of Kings
glovestory wins the pot (6,250) with a pair of Kings
***

At this stage of the tourney, should I have waited until
after the flop to make my move or was all in preflop a
bad idea?

[imported_torgeauxSA]

Yes.

I could see a raise, but an all in leaves you vulnerable to too many things with a questionable hand like AJ. Plus, you've given up any chance of pushing out the AK on that sweet sweet flop. If you'd called (bad) or raised a normal amount (better), you could have bet hard on that flop and maybe got the AK to drop.

If you were a the small stack by a measurable amount AND blinds were gonna cut you, maybe. Seems that isn't the case yet, here.

I'm gonna have to reshape my reply here after the others and looking closer at your hand/stacks. Calling is better than raising, given the raise in front of you.

[durron597]

I like a call preflop. You have position and I don't want to give him a chance to get away from hands you dominate.

[jwsly1]

Like the others already said, you played your AJs too strong here. You still have over 20x BB. Although AJs is a good hand at a three handed table, as you saw it is still very vulnerable. I would have called preflop, and than played aggressively after the flop. There is a chance on a $5 table that you may still have been called, but you at least would have been getting your money in on the best hand.

GL

[schwza]

i would reraise pre-flop to 900. if he plays back, fold. but i'm going to be reraising a lot of hands in this situation, so he will be (or should be) calling my reraises with QJ, A8, etc.

calling is not too bad either though.

[durron597]

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i would reraise pre-flop to 900.

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If Villian was the button this is what I would do. But I don't mind trying to extract more value out of my AJ in position.

[schwza]

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i would reraise pre-flop to 900.

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If Villian was the button this is what I would do. But I don't mind trying to extract more value out of my AJ in position.

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interesting. against the button i'd be more inclined to push or call. having only 1-2 bets left oop is bad, imo. i'd rather have 0 or many.

[durron597]

Damn me for replying too fast. Confusing "reraise to 900" and "reraise allin". I really am a moeran. I mean, I didn't confuse what you said, just.... eh forget it. Moeran alert.