Did I fold too tight AQ on QJ8?

[ebaudry]

I was gonna raise the small stack's bet, but got cold feet when someone raised in front of me (on whom i had no read). Was my fold too tight?

***** Hand History for Game 2397897626 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $30 Buy-in + $3 Entry Fee Trny:14116142 Level:6 Blinds(100/200) - Thursday, July 21, 01:31:30 EDT 2005
Table Table 11037 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 10: oldfashion ( $605 )
Seat 9: HERO ( $2890 )
Seat 1: ijayjay ( $1880 )
Seat 8: Meas4 ( $2005 )
Seat 6: orsetto ( $620 )
Trny:14116142 Level:6
Blinds(100/200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Qc Ah ]
orsetto calls [200].
Meas4 calls [200].
HERO calls [200].
oldfashion calls [100].
ijayjay checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8s, Qs, Jh ]
oldfashion checks.
ijayjay checks.
orsetto bets [200].
Meas4 raises [500].
HERO folds.
oldfashion folds.
ijayjay folds.
orsetto is all-In [220]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7h ]
** Dealing River ** [ 8c ]
Meas4 shows [ Ks, Qd ] two pairs, queens and eights.
orsetto shows [ Jc, Qh ] two pairs, queens and jacks.
Meas4 wins 80 chips from side pot #1 with two pairs, queens and eights.
orsetto wins 1840 chips from the main pot with two pairs, queens and jacks.

[FatalError]

no but not pushing preflop was horrendous

[lastchance]

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no but not pushing preflop was horrendous

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Ditto.

[ebaudry]

Thanks for the input, guess I should look into what hands I should be pushing in on the flop. Is there a thread around here that discusses this?

[Nicholasp27]

read this forum for a few hours and u will find lots of examples of pushing with less than aq...it just depends on blind sizes and chip stacks...moreso than ur cards many times

three reasons that this is a good stealing opportunity:
there is 700 in the pot, which is >20% of ur stack
there are 2 short stacks before the money, so lots of folding equity here
no raisers before you

orsetto may still call u since he's short stack and may take a risk, but u'll still be big stack even if he does and u lose the coinflip

[dmmikkel]

Basicly any hand u play here should be pushed

[durron597]

I push preflop.

[nate_king1]

I think i might have to PUSH PRE FLOP! ARE YOU MAD! I MEAN COMON!

[ebaudry]

I don't know what I'm doing, that's why I am asking here.
ty.

[nate_king1]

JK, take a chill pill. Read "Beating PP $11 NLHE SNG" guide for more info on basic play.

Do a search.