What do you think of how i played this?
It was early in a 120 player $100 buyin tourney and I got dealt AJo. The guy on the button min raises it and I call UTG. I think that BB called as well. Anyways..
Flop comes Jd 8d Jh.
BB checks I bet 3x BB and the button calls me. BB then folds.
Turn card comes 7c.
I check, button raises it half hte pot I go all in and then he calls. He flips over J10o and I think damn I got this.
River card comes 9s.
So I end up losing this hand but do you think I played this wrong? It was still in the first set of blinds, we started out with 2000 in chips and I was up about 500 already.
Flop comes Jd 8d Jh.
BB checks I bet 3x BB and the button calls me. BB then folds.
Turn card comes 7c.
I check, button raises it half hte pot I go all in and then he calls. He flips over J10o and I think damn I got this.
River card comes 9s.
So I end up losing this hand but do you think I played this wrong? It was still in the first set of blinds, we started out with 2000 in chips and I was up about 500 already.
Comments
Button makes a standard raise. Your hand is certainly good enough to make the call. If you had position I would say raise but the call seems fine to me.
You hit a great flop, got all of your money in with the best hand and got a caller then got unlucky.
Other than that, you put $ in ahead.
Mark
AJ is a toughy utg but I would think 'in general' you would want to pop it up a bit preflop rather then the call or fold options. An aggressive table, I don't mind limping here with the expectation of re-poping or trapping the right player. You need some pretty solid post flop play to trap with this hand though.
stp
I don't think AJ is a strong enough hand to be RE-raising OOP... my angle here is either raise or fold. I'm assuming this is a full table.
You have WAY too many people behind you. Raise it up, and if you get re-popped, you have to consider throwing it away.
Personally, based on strength of cards alone, I get iffy around AQo re-raises. I'll re-raise against poor players who just like to raise anything or on a pure steal with a wider range... but AJ UTG repop makes me ill.
Mark
What a sick avatar stpboy
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If it is 2k starting with blinds at 25-25 with a dealer and 20 min levels/online, your action can be different than if it is 2k starting with blinds at 100/200 self-dealt in a bar.
OP give us all the info so we can offer sound advice.
Thanks I modelled in this picture. Which one do you assume I am wearing....?
stp
My point was more around, "if you are planning on limping with this hand (which is an option of course), then you may want to consider defining your hand preflop by raising at some point if the action re-opens". I think that limping and just calling is the most difficult way to play this hand. The only place you know for certain if your hand is good against any decent player would be showdown (save hitting the nuts).
stp