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[Absolute]

Hand in Question: A J Blinds: 50-100Stack: 1250NL Hold-Em6 handed, player in question is UTG.How do you play this hand here pre-flop.

[Leedspokerguru]

I'd raise for 250 because its suited and short handed. Not sutied then fold.

[Smasharoo]

Push.

[Absolute]

The more I think about it, it seems to be push or fold. Unless you can explain to me the benefit of a raise Leeds.I originally posted thinking a raise like 250 might not be horrible. But say I raise it 250 and get two callers.I have 1000 left with a pot of at least 750, probably more like 850-900.Still enough chips to make a laydown, but unless I catch something in the blinds (likely not as a good as AJ suited), Im only gonna have 850 left, probably less than the pot I just got out of.Folding is starting to sounds OK to me here too.

[Smasharoo]

I think folding's pretty terrible here.You're going to need to pick up some blinds or get your money in with a decent hand fairly soon. This is the time.It's 6 handed. It's bad if you get called by AK/AQ/AA/KK/QQ/JJ. It's fine if you get called by anything else, sometimes it's great. It's great if you pick up the blinds.Running into a huge hand 6 handed can't be something that prevents you from picking up blinds when you're at 12X the BB.

[KDawgCometh]

I really think pushing is your best option. If you bet out the 250 and get two callers and the BB and SB fold there is 850 in the pot, if you hit the flop and push then they very well could be priced into calling getting 1.85-1 on their call, I like to just pick up the blinds and try to get a free round

[Leedspokerguru]

I'd be in survival mode but not to the nth degree. Too good a hand to fold so thats the least best thing to do. All in isn't bad. Agressive but a little pre emptive as you still got time to play. And it isn't taht bad a hand to try build a pot with so when you hit the flop your picking up a little more. I'd Open raise. Not too much so your commited just a standard raise. You hit the flop and they would be tempted to call your all in or large bet because of the size of the pot, which can take you to over double your stack beofer the hand. You miss then you can release and you still have time to find a hand, but when you do then you need to push. Thats what I'd do most of the time anyways.

[JaysonWeber]

You mentioned Blinds 50-100 and your stack of 1250... Is this a SnGo? I'm kind of confused here... If its a cash game I'd open it up for about 250-300, in a SnGo, with the blinds at that stage and 6 people left, I'd push all-in no question because you have to make a run at the money.