AQ,AK,AJ all in a row and Im out please help

[rockythecat99]

Party 34k guaranteed. I haven't been playing many hands at all maybe one or two before these 3 hands come up. Table has been bullied by
Hand 1
Villain and henakd1 have been fighting to be table captain. Villain has bluffed but not as much as henakd1 who bets 300 on a 90 pot just to take it down. He has done this almost every hand. Villain here has not done that much crazy stuff but has definitely bluffed on a couple of occassions where he got people to laydown.

Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Potsy222 ( $1260 )
Seat 2: toolucky007 ( $885 )
Seat 7: henakd1 ( $2535 )
Seat 8: rossii ( $2435 )
Seat 9: bar61gyo1 ( $1100 )
Seat 10: simbathecat ( $880 )
Seat 4: TrinityJohn ( $1915 )
Seat 5: dlynhunter ( $900 )
Seat 6: pogo_fish ( $1095 )
Seat 3: jaguar2424 ( $725 )
Trny:13882864 Level:3
Blinds (15/30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to simbathecat [ Qs Ad ]
henakd1 folds.
rossii calls [30].
bar61gyo1 folds.
simbathecat raises [100].
Potsy222 folds.
toolucky007 folds.
jaguar2424 folds.
TrinityJohn folds.
dlynhunter folds.
pogo_fish folds.
rossii calls [70].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Td, Ks, 7h ]
rossii bets [30].
simbathecat raises [125].
rossii raises [770].
Hero ????
Was should I have flat called as I had position. Reraise amount too large/ too small???

Hand 2

Right after I get AQ I get AK. As before Sb plays any two and bluffs ridiculous amounts which are obvious bluffs. I have not been in any hands against him but this one. Seat 3 is very straightforward bets when he has it, check/folds when he doesn't.
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Potsy222 ( $1260 )
Seat 2: toolucky007 ( $885 )
Seat 7: henakd1 ( $2535 )
Seat 8: rossii ( $2705 )
Seat 9: bar61gyo1 ( $1100 )
Seat 10: simbathecat ( $655 )
Seat 4: TrinityJohn ( $1915 )
Seat 5: dlynhunter ( $885 )
Seat 6: pogo_fish ( $1065 )
Seat 3: jaguar2424 ( $725 )
Trny:13882864 Level:3
Blinds (15/30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to simbathecat [ Ks Ac ]
rossii folds.
bar61gyo1 folds.
simbathecat raises [100].
Potsy222 folds.
toolucky007 folds.
jaguar2424 calls [100].
TrinityJohn folds.
dlynhunter folds.
pogo_fish folds.
henakd1 calls [70].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Tc, Jc, 3d ]
henakd1 checks.
simbathecat checks.
jaguar2424 bets [375].
henakd1 raises [750].
simbathecat folds.
My train of thought here is that I wanted to find out if jaguar had a hand. I was pretty sure he would not bet against the big stack and risk being checkraised with nothing. A play the big stack has done over and over. So if he bet I was pretty sure I was beaten and let the hand go. If he check and the turn came a blank I was pretty sure I had the best hand against the big stack and was willing to let him try to bluff me out and pick off his bluff. Anyone think I should bet here?

Hand 3
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Potsy222 ( $1260 )
Seat 2: toolucky007 ( $885 )
Seat 7: henakd1 ( $1810 )
Seat 8: rossii ( $2705 )
Seat 9: bar61gyo1 ( $1100 )
Seat 10: simbathecat ( $555 )
Seat 4: TrinityJohn ( $1915 )
Seat 5: dlynhunter ( $885 )
Seat 6: pogo_fish ( $1050 )
Seat 3: jaguar2424 ( $1565 )
Trny:13882864 Level:3
Blinds (15/30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to simbathecat [ Jc Ac ]
bar61gyo1 folds.
simbathecat raises [100].
Potsy222 folds.
toolucky007 folds.
jaguar2424 folds.
TrinityJohn folds.
dlynhunter folds.
pogo_fish folds.
henakd1 calls [85].
rossii raises [370].
Hero ????

This is the third in my trilogy of hands. Henakd calls means nothing to me as im sure he has rags. rossi's raise might be a still might not. Anyone fold here and stay with 455 or they they put it all in and gambool?

Thanks

[durron597]

Hand 1: I raise a tiny bit more after a limper. On the flop I peel a card because I have good implied odds to hit a jack.

Hand 2: You have the ace of clubs, which means you know you are not against someone's nut flush draw. So fold.

Hand 3: AJs sucks out of position. I might limp here, but I probably fold. But your stack is exactly the right size where a raise is wrong.

[cincy_kid24]

Possibly an all-in raise for each of the hands, I can see where you wanted action however as the blinds were small. The only thing that loose/aggressive players understand is aggressiveness, if you give larger stacks an opportunity to bust the small stacks they take it every time and they should. I feel yr pain however i hate completely missing the flop w/ better hands like AK and AJs [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[rockythecat99]

I just want to know how badly I misplayed these. i think in the first hand I shouldve flat called. Then make a decision on the turn and let my position decide. AJs yeah I shouldve limped. Thanks for the answers.

[davidross]

I play all 3 hands pre-flop the same way as you. I don't like limping with AJs, I only like limping with pairs which are much easier to play post-flop as far as I'm concerned.

On the first (AQ) hand, you have to fold to the re-raise. Everything about your play says AK and he still comes over the top. My preferred line early in tournaments is to just call the underbet and treatit like a free card. I'm not looking to steal pots until the blinds are more significant and my tight/cautious image is more established, butof course you may want to cultivate a different image.

THe AK hand is trickier, but I can't see betting that flop with 2 opponents and a J and a T on the flop, so you have to fold when it comes back to you.

Hand 3 I'd hate, but I think youhave to fold again. You still have 12 BB's and a glimmer of hope.

FWIW, I played a 10K at EMpire the other night and had AK or AQ in EP 4 times, open raised all of them, and check folded when I missed all of them and saw my chips get down to 500 in the first hour, and came back and won the rtournament, so it can happen. Don't let the frustration of good starting hands and bad flops cloud your thinking.

[rockythecat99]

AK hand anyone bet the flop??? I would also like other ways to play these hands as I am always getting in trouble with AQ/AK.
David Ross thanks for the post I feel like I didn't misplayed them that badly after reading your response.