$33 Minitops (lastone) hand late stages

fastroller

Joined: 05.01.2010

18.12.2010, 04:08 0

About 7 hours into the tourney I get dealt AJo on the CO, my image is fairly loose aggressive and I was caught bluffing earlier. Keeping that in mind, what would be the standard play on this board?

Villain is pretty tight, I don't expect him to be too perceptive of my image but there is a slight chance he's playing back.

No Limit Holdem Tournament
FullTiltPoker
9 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com
MiniFTOPS Event #9

Stacks:
UTG MenaceIISharks (129k)
UTG+1 SILENT_THIEF72 (709k)
MP1 shortyjr (438k)
MP2 eisenhower1 (465k)
MP3 ToekToek (749k)
CO Hero (236k)
BTN my4boys (523k)
SB JnKsous (235k)
BB GamboolTime (343k)

Blinds: 4k/8k Ante 1

Pre-Flop: (12k, 9 players) Hero is CO A♣ J♥
5 folds, Hero raises to 19k, my4boys calls 19k, 2 folds

Flop: A♠ Q♠ A♥ (50k, 2 players)
Hero bets 20k, my4boys raises to 40k, 20000 to Hero (197458)?

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6 replies

TheRebuz

Joined: 12.10.2008

Posts: 2,077

18.12.2010, 09:43 0

imo he is 3 beting you preflop with all his AX that are better then AJ, also with QQ+ except if he is trying to trap blinds and trying to induce a sqz
so with all that said i think u have best hand here, and whatever you do imo you r turning your hand face up his hand looks a lot like PP, draws i dont think that he has AQ/AK/QQ in this spot the way he played this hand
so i'll raise him to 80-85k and shove turn or maybe just call lead on turn, but i prefer raise cos he can spaz out with kk, Ax, draw etc

_Anonymous_

18.12.2010, 10:12 0

only three hands beating you here AK/AQ & Qs & would he flat call preflop with those hands , dont think he has Qs but if he has AK/AQ then gonna pay him off

like your bet on flop , you would cbet A high flop anyway & to reraise/shove looks very strong so flat call & check/reaise turn ,

chenny8888

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21.12.2010, 03:54 0

dependent on a couple other things but calling and checking the turn can't be that bad.

often i have the dynamic where i can just 3bet this flop as a bluff (like to 70k), so i would do that here as well (you have almost the nuts)

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Tiltberger

Joined: 23.06.2005

Posts: 3,338

21.12.2010, 12:15 0

calling is fine on the flop. You want to keep his bluffs or good qx hands in.
Better ax and qq are, as others said, not real likely.

Pot is also quite big, so I see no problem the get it allin on the turn or the river.

Confeti

Joined: 02.04.2008

Posts: 286

28.12.2010, 03:30 0

Originally posted by seeberger
calling is fine on the flop. You want to keep his bluffs or good qx hands in.
Better ax and qq are, as others said, not real likely.

Pot is also quite big, so I see no problem the get it allin on the turn or the river.

C/C turn and push river? or c/r allin turn?

Regards

Tiltberger

Joined: 23.06.2005

Posts: 3,338

28.12.2010, 16:55 0

guess both is possible. I like check/call more to keep his bluffs.

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