Hand question, and more PP 10+1 madness

[MWC]

In the Party 10+1 SNGs, I've been struggling with AQ lately, esp. with a raise ahead of me. Sometimes it looks like AK to me, sometimes like AT. Anyway, in the first hand below, I wasn't too happy with my PF call even as I was making it. But I got the flop I wanted (or deserved, maybe) and figured I was more often ahead than behind the hands she would play that way (in the absence of any read, considering her as a typical PP 10+1 player). Play this differently? On all streets?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (7 handed)converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

UTG (t820)
MP1 (t695)
Hero (t1115)
CO (t370)
Button (t1430)
SB (t2960)
BB (t610)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="CC3333">UTG raises to t150</font>, MP1 folds, Hero calls t150, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds.

Flop: (t375) 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif, Q/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players) </font>
<font color="CC3333">UTG bets t125</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t965 (All-In)</font>, UTG calls t545 (All-In).

Turn: (t2010) J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 2 all-in) </font>

River: (t2010) 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 2 all-in) </font>

Final Pot: t2010
<font color="#990066">Main Pot: t1715 (t1715), between UTG and Hero.</font> &gt; Pot won by UTG (t1715).
<font color="#990066">Pot 2: t295 (t295), overbet by Hero.</font>

Results:
UTG shows Ah As (one pair, aces).
Hero shows Ad Qs (one pair, queens).
Outcome: UTG wins t1715. Hero wins t295.


These next 2 are just for fun, in the nothing-surprises-me-at-low-level-PP-SNGs category. Consecutive hands in the first orbit in a 10+1 last night. To paraphrase bosoxfan, it makes my gills hurt to realize that I'm playing against these people and have an ROI below 15%.


(Hand 5)
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed)

UTG (t870)
UTG+1 (t800)
Hero (t785)
MP1 (t710)
MP2 (t725)
MP3 (t615)
CO (t775)
Button (t585)
SB (t1335)
BB (t800)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with A/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls t15, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t55</font>, MP1 folds, <font color="CC3333">MP2 raises to t95</font>, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button calls t95, SB folds, BB calls t80, UTG+1 folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t785 (All-In)</font>, MP2 calls t630 (All-In), Button calls t490 (All-In), BB calls t690.

Flop: (t2905) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(4 players, 3 all-in) </font>

Turn: (t2905) 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(4 players, 3 all-in) </font>

River: (t2905) J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(4 players, 3 all-in) </font>

Final Pot: t2905

Results:
BB shows Ks 7s (two pair, jacks and twos).
Hero shows Ac As (two pair, aces and jacks).
MP2 shows 9c Td (two pair, jacks and twos).
Button shows 7c 7h (two pair, jacks and sevens).
Outcome: Hero wins t2905.

(Hand 6)
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (8 handed)

BB (t870)
UTG (t785)
Hero (t2905)
MP1 (t710)
MP2 (t615)
CO (t775)
Button (t1325)
SB (t15)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="CC3333">UTG raises to t30</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t90</font>, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB calls t5 (All-In), BB calls t75, UTG calls t60.

Flop: (t285) Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(4 players, 1 all-in) </font>
BB checks, <font color="CC3333">UTG bets t50</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t400</font>, BB calls t400, <font color="CC3333">UTG raises to t695 (All-In)</font>, Hero calls t295, BB calls t295.

Turn: (t2370) Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(4 players, 2 all-in) </font>
BB checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets t100</font>, BB calls t85 (All-In).

River: (t2555) 9/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(4 players, 3 all-in) </font>

Final Pot: t2555
Results: BB shows 7h 5h (two pair, queens and fives).
UTG shows 9h Kh (two pair, queens and nines).
Hero shows Qd Ad (full house, queens full of aces).
SB shows 4s 7s (one pair, queens).
Outcome: Hero wins t2555.

[MercTec]

I don't think I would have pushed all-in here. With a 3BB raise, you could put him on a lot of hands, so you need to see how strong he is. Pre flop you could re-raise, if you get reraised back, you can put him on a big pocket pair or AK. Or, if you just call PF, on the flop....when he bets out, I raise maybe the size of the pot. I guess at this point you're pretty pot committed, but if he reraises you, you have to put him on a hand better than TPTK and you can lay down and maybe hope to come back later. Just a thought.

[Phil Van Sexton]

I can't find any fault with your play on the flop. Many people who raise pre-flop will automatically bet on the flop, so he could have anything.

The 125 is kind of an odd bet for him. Sometimes players with AA get a case of fancy-play-syndrome and make odd looking bets like this. Unfortunately, with a hand as strong as TPTK, I'd push my stack in here too.

There's no way you can call or make a small re-raise....if he has a hand, all his chips (and yours) will be going into the pot soon enough, so you might as well put him to the test sooner rather than later.

As for the call pre-flop.....I've been folding AQ a lot lately in these spots (in the early stages of the SNG). If he is a reasonable player, he must have a very good hand to raise UTG. In addition, there are several people left to act behind you, and I definately don't want a multiway pot with AQo.

If you feel he is a solid player, you should fold here. If you think he could be raising with anything, you should re-raise pre-flop and isolate him.

[Beavis68]

I dont like even playing A-Q early, and calling raises with it is a no-no for me. At least until it gets down 4-handed.

Those last two - I have a hard time believe that was a money game. I hope you cashed in those two. Looks like I need to start playing the tens.

[fnurt]

One of the reasons AQ is the classic trap hand is because when you get your flop, it looks really good for you and makes it hard to get away from the hand. That said, this is Party 10+1, it's not the WSOP. People will raise with a lot of hands, even UTG.

I think you have to rely on the raiser's history. If they've been raising a lot, AQ could be a big hand. If you haven't seen them raise yet, I'd err on the side of caution. One of the things about Party is you don't get a ton of chips to speculate with.