Re: AJo in a live tourny
 

Would it have made any difference if you had raised from the button in this case? Would you have played the post flop differently?

Re: AJo in a live tourny
 

If the table had folded around to me and I made the raise with the AJo (which I would in this case), I would imagine to the BB would have played his Q's different.

I imagine the BB would picture the raise as a steal and fire back right then. I wouldn't be surprised to see him move all-in if the button made the raise. Figuring he could force you off a specualted weak ace/ marginal hand with a big re-raise as well as squelching frivilous steal attempts in the future.

But if the action wen't the same and only your position changed, I probably would have ended up all-in on the flop. I would assume that he was defending a preceieved steal attempt and hit a weak TPWK. I would have come over the top of his re-raise and put the decision to him for all his chips.

He was apparently giving you UTG raise it's due credit and wanted to see if the flop contained an A or K so he could get away from his Q's without getting busted early. [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

Re: AJo in a live tourny
 

Funny, similar case occurred in a home game tourney style last night.

I picked up AJo UTG and considered raising it, and then I remembered my advice and figured I would be a hypocrite if I did it. I smiled and folded. Sure enough the button had QQ and the BB defended. I would have hit the J on the flop and got hurt.

I guess reasoning out hands while not involved helps out when you are on the spot. I actually took it home from being the short stack all night, only a few hundred, but I’ll take it anytime for 4 hours of play. [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

Re: AJo in a live tourny
 

I'd imagine if he checks that flop with a set he will wait until turn to put in a raise. I probably just call the flop (that should scare the hell out of KJ, QJ, JT, TT, 99). Fold turn if he pushes or does something crazy. If he just bets small I call, if he checks I check behind and value bet a harmless river (or call one of his bets).