Help please! Don't Want to Chase, But? AJ in multiway pot

[Nate tha' Great]

Dude I'd definitely raise with that hand in that spot. You're correct that AJo is a tough hand to play in multiway pots. That's exactly why you want to raise in MP after a couple of limpers - you want to limit the field. OTOH, if I'm on the *Button* and there are several limpers, I don't want to raise with AJo, AQo, etc., because I no longer have so much capacity to limit the field, and I don't want to create a raised pot that will give people incentive to stick around with redraws on the turn and river.

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If there are people left to act behind you I think AJ is THE limping ace. You don't want to knock out the weaker aces.

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I suppose, but you *would* like to fold people if they have K's and Q's in their hands. And even Ax hands can be problematic if people hit their x.