$5.5: AJ in EP or MP, limp or not?

[ZeroPointMachine]

My brother is learning to play SNG's. He was doing OK at the 10-20 level but nothing like he thought he should be(compared to my results). I went to visit him for a couple days to play some home games and see if I could help him with his SNG play.

I can say without a doubt AJ was the #1 leak in his game. He dumped more chips and lost more tournies with this hand than I could believe. In 800 chip tournies you just don't have the room to manuever with this hand from EP/MP. You are dominated way too often. It costs too many chips to find out where you are even if you are good enough to lay down TPGK. Throw this hand away everytime and add 5% to your ROI.