Level 3, getting low stacked -- AQo. Let's play this one out.

[Paradigm]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (7 handed) converter

MP2 (t1815)
CO (t505)
Button (t1795)
SB (t500)
BB (t495)
UTG (t2255)
Hero (t635)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero...

[hmohnphd]

I hate this spot. Will blinds increase to 50/100 before you post or are there enough hands so that you'll post 50 in BB and 25 in SB?

If you will have to post 50/100 blinds in the coming blinds, I probably would just push here. If there are still several 25/50 hands left, I raise to 125.

[Maulik]

Raise T150 is a good place to start and then see how the action goes &amp; the texture of the flop.

[BadMongo]

Damn, this spot sucks and it seems to be a fairly common one for me. I definately raise here, usually to 150, and hope to take down the blinds or get it heads up. From there it depends on the flop, but if I get only one caller, I'm pushing a lot of flops.

[Ixnert]

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If you will have to post 50/100 blinds in the coming blinds, I probably would just push here. If there are still several 25/50 hands left, I raise to 125.

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Eek. I hate pushing here; whether the blinds are about to go up or not, you're still risking 600+ to get 75.

Raising to 125 also seems to be begging for a call I don't really want, or a reraise that would be a really awkward number for me (probably to 300-400). I'd raise to 175, which seems quite a lot more likely to just take the pot uncontested, gives me a bit more assurance that any calls I do get are from serious hands, and represents more strength, making it easier to take the pot on the flop if I should need to.

Edit: removed section I thought on second thought was idiotic

[Paradigm]

This is the 3rd hand in level 3. I will post my action shortly.

Id raise to 175, try to give the villians an extra 25 reasons to fold. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

-edit: what buyin level? im assuming an $11

[Paradigm]

My bad. $11.

[Paradigm]

Alright, here's what happened from here:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (7 handed) converter

MP2 (t1815)
CO (t505)
Button (t1795)
SB (t500)
BB (t495)
UTG (t2255)
Hero (t635)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t150</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t475</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, HERO...

[schwza]

pushes and prays.