Play this hand from the button?

gasgod · #1 06-21-2005, 07:53 PM

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney (5/1), Big Blind is t30 (8 handed)

Table is fairly passive.

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SB (t1060)
BB (t1245)
UTG (t1405)
UTG+1 (t695)
MP1 (t1300)
MP2 (t695)
CO (t805)
Hero (t795)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t30, MP1 calls t30, MP2 calls t30, <font color="#666666">1 fold </font>, Hero ??

Should I fold, limp, or raise? (Please don't reply "Yes" [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img])

GG

lastchance · #2 06-21-2005, 07:54 PM

Raising is dumb. Folding is weak-tight, but you've only got so many BB.

I either limp or fold. On L1, easy limp. With 200 extra chips, easy limp.

I fold here, partly because I can't play postflop.

Karak567 · #3 06-21-2005, 07:57 PM

Agreed, fold, with the size of your stack, no reason to call off 30 chips here on a hand that won't hit most of the time.

gildwulf · #4 06-21-2005, 07:57 PM

What about ATs?

KingDan · #5 06-21-2005, 08:00 PM

The a5 call isnt terrible, and I call the A10s hand. Just don't fall in love with TP.

lastchance · #6 06-21-2005, 08:01 PM

Better. Probably worth a limp here.

gasgod · #7 06-21-2005, 08:12 PM

Well, I wouldn't ask except that I'm in position, and there are 3 limpers. That would favor a limp, wouldn't it?

GG

PapiChulo503 · #8 06-21-2005, 08:20 PM

I think im limping here. If you hit your flush you are well disguised and in position, might make a nice chunk of change.

I could also make an argument for folding since its still early and why get yourself in trouble this early in the game?

bluewilde · #9 06-21-2005, 08:48 PM

I tend to fold hands like these, and with so many people suggesting that a call is OK, I gather I'm playing too tight. So (at the $5+1 SNGs), what should I be doing with suited aces in general (specifically during the first three blind levels)? Can I play any Axs from the button, the CO, how far back? How low can I go playing suited aces in early position? Which hands can I play to a raise?

Blue

lastchance · #10 06-21-2005, 09:08 PM

Playing suited aces in EP is just asking for trouble. Playing Suited Aces anywhere not in LMP or later behind limpers (more than one) is bad poker.

I actually really don't like suited aces at all. Flush draws are obvious, and you need implied odds. No way I'm limping with suited aces on L3 at all, too much of my stack.

Without AKs or AQs, I really doubt playing Axs in EP or behind raises is any good at all.