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AJs early play

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angalius
Joined: 10.11.2011

Poker Stars, $1.32 Buy-in (40/80 blinds, 10 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 7 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: 6,327 (79.1 bb)
BB: 319 (4 bb)
Hero (MP1): 1,472 (18.4 bb)
MP2: 1,215 (15.2 bb)
MP3: 1,433 (17.9 bb)
CO: 1,350 (16.9 bb)
BTN: 1,384 (17.3 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with J♦: A♦:
Hero raises to 200, MP2 raises to 1,205 and is all-in, 5 folds, Hero calls 1,005

Flop: (2,600) 9♥: 6♣: J♥: (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Turn: (2,600) J♣: (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: (2,600) 5♦: (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results:

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2,600 pot
Final Board: 9♥: 6♣: J♥: J♣: 5♦:
Hero showed J♦: A♦: and won 2,600 (1,385 net)
MP2 showed A♣: K♣: and lost (-1,215 net)

I feel that often Im in this AJ situation, where it feels like its just a bad call, but I make it anyway, what do you guys think, is this push good ?
Stats 20/20/15 hands


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AgapieGheorghe
Joined: 10.07.2011

Without a good read on him i think you can find a fold when he goes all-in.


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

We don’t have a good sample of him and he seems like a solid player so far and I would still fold here without reads on him. I expect he will only shove with bigger aces and pocket pairs.

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SDK1987


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