Lay-down AQ on AJx board?

[Sam T.]

$10 on party, early so no reads:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) converter

MP3 (t770)
CO (t830)
Button (t1400)
SB (t460)
BB (t800)
UTG (t540)
Hero (t800)
UTG+2 (t800)
MP1 (t800)
MP2 (t800)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t70</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP2 calls t70, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Button calls t70, SB calls t60, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>.

Flop: (t292.50) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t65</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t150</font>, Button pushes, SB pushes.

Hero?

Someone's on AJ right?

[tshort]

I think you have to fold when two people have pushed after your reraise.


I wouldn't raise preflop in Level 1 w/ AQ, especially in EP.

[introv]

The likelihood is that someone has ak, aj, a6, 66 or jj. Even if you include the 'donk' factor into your calculations it's still an easy fold.

[Sam T.]

Thanks. I thought this was a good fold when I made it.

Then the villains turned over AT and A7. The ten kicker took the pot.

As to raising with AQ in EP, a year ago I would never have done it, but I don't mind it at this point. If things get ugly I don't have any problem laying down the hand and playing slightly short-stacked.

Sam

[Winwood]

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I think you have to fold when two people have pushed after your reraise.


I wouldn't raise preflop in Level 1 w/ AQ, especially in EP.

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