Party $33 : I play AQ so weak, help?

[cbloom]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

MP2 (t930)
MP3 (t770)
Hero (t775)
Button (t565)
SB (t680)
BB (t850)
UTG (t600)
UTG+1 (t1175)
UTG+2 (t800)
MP1 (t855)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises to t90</font>, Hero calls t90, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>.

Flop: (t225) 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 2/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP3 bets t180</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t405

I call preflop planning to jam if there's an A or Q. Villain is pretty tight, but he can be open raising with JT or other things like that. The lead on the flop could be a pair or could just be continuation from high cards. I feel like I'm losing a lot of equity playing this way, but anything else would basically put me all in.

[tigerite]

This isn't weak, I'd fold the damn thing pf.

I'd never call with AQ preflop here. Sometimes I'll raise if I think the original raiser was a donk, but normally I fold.

[psyduck]

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This isn't weak, I'd fold the damn thing pf.

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same. just fold preflop, I might even fold AK pf if the raiser is a earlylevel TAG pushbot

[spentrent]

What's wrong with calling here and playing some post-flop poker? You guys are saying you'd never do it but you've got no explanation.

Yeah. I think you have to fold to his flop lead-out. But I don't mind calling with AQ in position from a potential stealer.

[Pasterbator]

The reason you can't "play poker" on the flop is simple. If the hero wants to raise this flop to see where he is, its gonna cost him 1/2 his stack. If he calls and reevaluates on the turn, its going to cost him 1/4 of his stack.

If hero hits an A on the flop, he needs to beware of AK. If hero hits a Q on the flop, he needs to beware of AA/KK.

In deepstack situations i dont mind playing poker, but theres just no room for it in a $33 SNG. So i fold PF.

[tigerite]

I wouldn't fold AK though