20+2 180 Person On Stars

[WestcoastCanuck 0]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)Button (t4690)SB (t6870)Hero (t5915)UTG (t17050)UTG+1 (t6390)MP1 (t3460)MP2 (t4675)CO (t9970)Button is very LAG. Preflop: Hero is BB with J, A. 4 folds, CO calls t200, Button raises to t1000, SB calls t900, Hero folds

[gobears 0]

I like the fold especially with SB calling the raise by the LAG. You could easily be dominated by AQ here

[tskillz187 0]

Folding without a thought. If it was soooooooted I might call and hope to get CO calling too and hitting big on the flop.

[fckthis 0]

Whats read on sb? In my mind I push here. Sometimes I fold, but many times Im coming over the top and trying to scoop the pot.

[blakheart 3]

Whats read on sb? In my mind I push here. Sometimes I fold, but many times Im coming over the top and trying to scoop the pot.

Not with AJ are you? Too often you are dominated with a hand like AJ. Unless I am real solid on my reads with both players I lay this down. This is a good play, but you should only use it sparingly. Calling is out of the question, but reraising is a high variance play that only has to fail once for you to be in big trouble with it.

[Actuary 3]

good fold.

[fckthis 0]

good fold.

Pfft. Its an OK fold. Calling is not an option, but I think we can scoop this pot.

[Actuary 3]

Pfft. Its an OK fold. Calling is not an option, but I think we can scoop this pot.

we can scoop a lot of pots.so your play is to push any two?Because AJ is one of the worst hands to get called with here.pfft to you!

[fckthis 0]

AJ is a reasonable hand to push, because we may get called sometimes by PPs and occasionally by a bigger ace. Im just saying, in these spots, a cold caller=dead money. If I think button is making a move, and I have a decent image, Im all in. Its a play people should learn around here. Too many people advocate "playing post flop". Thats all good and dandy, but there are times when preflop, there is a lot of weakness, and alot of dead money floating around. I push with 22+ alot in this spot, because SB flat called. If this was 107, or something to that affect, I may not advocate pushing here, mainly because if we get called, we're more likely in worse shape if say we pushed with AJ. You could push anytwo, because you frankly have a lot of fold equity, but right now I think I have the best hand.

[Zach6668 513]

If SB folded, I'm pushing.SB called, I'm folding.Simple as that.

[jjgoldy5 0]

Don't think this could be a good spot for a squeeze play? With the aggression you've said the button has shown, it is likely the SB perceives him as a donk as well, therefore lowering the calling standards for the SB. You have fold equity on both players, if you put the BB on a steal, the SB could be calling with a lot of hands. (Harrington made a similar play with 36o at the 2005 WSOP ME Final Table, and one of the players in the hand folded AQ)I'm not saying its better than folding, just that a push would not be horrible here.