AA - How would you play this hand?
 

I had not seen too much preflop raising so I didn't think limping and then trying to reraise would work. Maybe I should have raised to somewhere in the neighborhood of $125. Do you like the flop bet? I know I should have folded my hand after a raise and a reraise. You don't really need to comment on that part of the hand. Let's of replies would be appreciated.


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (10 handed) converter

BB (t785)
UTG (t945)
UTG+1 (t992)
Hero (t1260)
MP1 (t805)
MP2 (t925)
MP3 (t1660)
CO (t915)
Button (t668)
SB (t1045)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t75</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP3 calls t75, CO calls t75, Button calls t75, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls t45.

Flop: (t390) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
Hero bets t250, MP3 raises t500, CO raises t750, button folds, BB folds , hero raises all-in t935, MP3 is all-in t1085, CO is all-in t90
<font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>

Turn: (t390) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>

River: (t390) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>

Final Pot: t4000

Re: AA - How would you play this hand?
 

If you are open raising raise more preflop. I like a limp reraise here especially in tournaments. You get to see what other people are raising with. It's tough though when no one raises and you are left with a 5 player limped pot. It depends on the table though. If there are a lot of limpers preflop then you have to make sure that you raise strong and get a lot of the limpers out. If there are a lot of raisers preflop it is a good table to limp and pop someone.

When calling a raise and a reraise you have to start thinking about what these players could possibly be doing this with. Probably very little that you're beat.

Re: AA - How would you play this hand?
 

2.5x the BB is really small for a raise this early in a tournament. You want some action with your AA, but you don't want this many callers with your position. I think a raise between between 120-150 would have worked better. I don't mind an open raise for 75 if you are in late position, but this early I would bump it up more.

Re: AA - How would you play this hand?
 

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I had not seen too much preflop raising so I didn't think limping and then trying to reraise would work. Maybe I should have raised to somewhere in the neighborhood of $125. Do you like the flop bet? I know I should have folded my hand after a raise and a reraise. You don't really need to comment on that part of the hand. Let's of replies would be appreciated.


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (10 handed) converter

BB (t785)
UTG (t945)
UTG+1 (t992)
Hero (t1260)
MP1 (t805)
MP2 (t925)
MP3 (t1660)
CO (t915)
Button (t668)
SB (t1045)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t75</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP3 calls t75, CO calls t75, Button calls t75, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls t45.

Flop: (t390) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
Hero bets t250, MP3 raises t500, CO raises t750, button folds, BB folds , hero raises all-in t935, MP3 is all-in t1085, CO is all-in t90
<font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>

Turn: (t390) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>

River: (t390) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>

Final Pot: t4000

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You have to let this go postflop. It's tough, but the action indicates that someone has you beat. From that early position you should be raising 3x the bb or more, so 90, but I usually do 120.

flop bet
 

What do you people think about the flop bet? Should I have bet less? Should I have checked? I think 250 was a good bet (obviously I should have folded to the ensuing action behind me).