Play along hand. 5+1 SNG on Party.

[Raiser]

A couple of friends and I were discussing this hand, so I decided to make it a play along hand.

First hand in a SNG 5+1 at Party so blinds are 10/15 and absolutely no reads.

Hero is in LP and gets AQo. EP raises to 30, folded to Hero.

What should Hero do?

[tigerite]

Call. AQo isn't a fantastic hand when there's been a raiser (even min-raise) so it's better just to play it along and see how it goes. Obviously if EP had limped then I would probably raise here to around 60.

[stripsqueez]

i usually fold - in a game full of super chooks i might call

stripsqueez - chickenhawk

[captZEEbo1]

call and check-fold the flop unless you hit. If you have a gutshot draw, don't call any fairly big bets (1/2 pot or pot). If he checks, don't bother bluffing, too early to mess around. If the A hits, and he bets, raise a small bet and call a medium-large sized bet.

NEVER reraise with AQo with 10 people at this early of blind level (unless you're confident this guy can fold and that he raises marginal hands frequently).

[tigerite]

Fold, to a 2xBB bet? Nah.. certainly not at $5+$1 level, he could have A4, or a small pocket pair, anything really. But, I agree that re-raising would be wrong, not least because there's still two to act. Simply call and take it from the flop on..

[augie00]

I can't believe like ten people didn't call this raise in a a party $5 sng. You shouldn't even bother tying to "read" what the EP might have, because his range of hands could go all the way from AA to Q2s, and beyond. He could have anything. Anything. Call.

[NotMitch]

Call and flop broadway.

[Raiser]

Looks like call is the winner with 1 fold in for good measure. As it happens, in this case:

[ QUOTE ]
Hero is in LP and gets AQo. EP raises to 30, folded to Hero.

[/ QUOTE ] Hero raised to 100. SB and EP calls.

Flop comes AT4 rainbow. Checked to Hero. What does hero do in this spot given the preflop raise?

[wjmooner]

Well, see, this is why Hero should not raise AQ early in a 5$ SnG. Now the pot is ~300 and any pot sized bet commits hero to the entire hand with top pair good kicker.

Bet 200. If nobody raises and one or both call I think you have to push any turn.

I have no idea what to do against a raise, since that could mean any ace at a 5$ Party SnG.

chris

[leykis]

The above poster is 100% correct. This is exactly why raising with an EP limper with AQ gets you into trouble. At higher buy in's (50-200) this is terrible but I actually think you are probably in good shape here because at the 5 dollar level the EP limper could have almost anything. I'm guessing you played it like the above poster suggested and lost to two pair since your posting the hand. Just a guess.