Damn you, level 3

bones · #1 03-01-2005, 04:53 PM

Fairly common general scenario:

Level 3, anywhere from 22s to 55s. Stack ~650. 6-8 players left. You're dealt AJo in UTG+2.

Action?

mcpherzen · #2 03-01-2005, 05:08 PM

Fold

voltron87b · #3 03-01-2005, 05:16 PM

Raise to 3 BB. Or limp if you really dislike folding. Folding is a bad play, and should only be done if you truly have no postflop skill when less than 9 handed.

curtains · #4 03-01-2005, 05:21 PM

It makes a big difference to me if there are 6 players left as opposed to 8.....being on cutoff and 3 off button is huge difference.

bones · #5 03-01-2005, 05:30 PM

We'll go with 7.

curtains · #6 03-01-2005, 05:31 PM

I'll raise, probably to 125-150. Although this is basically a carbon copy of an earlier thread where I was blasted by some people for suggesting to play AJo here. (And that thread the hero was in the cutoff and not 2 off button).

bones · #7 03-01-2005, 05:40 PM

I originally wrote this thinking that a push would steal a great % of the time, but almost never get called by a worse hand. As I read the responses, I got QQ after a couple of limpers. I pushed and got called by A5 (about 700 in each stack).

I'm not sure that changes my opinion of the correct play (I folded AJ, btw), but it certainly gives something else to consider.

curtains · #8 03-01-2005, 06:10 PM

It'll definitely get called by worse hands if you just push. You can never discount the PartyPoker giant idiot factor.

bones · #9 03-01-2005, 06:16 PM

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(I folded AJ, btw),

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err..limped. Folded to bet by SB on K high board.

The Yugoslavian · #10 03-01-2005, 07:25 PM

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Fold

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Nice, I like this line.

Yugoslav