$16 turbo - AQo early

[housenuts]

this is the 3rd hand of the tourney. how do i proceed? i didn't know what to do.

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

UTG (t2620)
Hero (t1490)
MP1 (t1540)
MP2 (t1350)
MP3 (t1470)
CO (t990)
Button (t1655)
SB (t400)
BB (t1985)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG calls t30, Hero calls t30, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP2 calls t30, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Button calls t30, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t180) 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 7/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t120</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t300</font>, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds, UTG folds, Hero calls t180.

Turn: (t780) K/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, MP2 checks.

River: (t780) 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets t250</font>, Hero calls t250.

Final Pot: t1280

[pineapple888]

Your line looks fine to me.

After his raise on the flop, I just want to get to showdown as cheaply as possible. With the stacks fairly deep, I don't want to get broke/crippled on this hand, but I still feel like there's a good chance I am ahead.

If he's keeping me in with something like A7, more power to him.

[Iamafish]

This is exactly what I like to do early on if Im playing a hand like this.

[SCfuji]

i think checking the flop would be best. if a LP player and an EP get into a war i can fold, if a LP player bets and everybody folds to me i can call and see what happens on the turn, i dont want to get raised and build a pot since we limped pf.

[Nick M]

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i think checking the flop would be best. if a LP player and an EP get into a war i can fold, if a LP player bets and everybody folds to me i can call and see what happens on the turn, i dont want to get raised and build a pot since we limped pf.

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I can make agruements to agree with that play and disagree with it. 6 people seeing a flop with 2 clubs, i might have to bet something here. But 2 blinds and 7s paired makes me scared so I would slow up.

As far as the limp preflop i like it and I do it with AQo. With AJo i would fold though.

When i get raised on the flop I would be very leary of the 7s...but when he checks the King on turn I think he's thinking, "sh1t he called my raise...". I vote that this pot will be split villian holding like A9. He also might have a busted flush draw, or K7. Those are my guesses at least.

[BradleyT]

On stars I raise this PF because you have more "oops I just pissed away T100" chips compared to party.