Dealt A-Q 1st hand of a sit n go

[Death_Kube_K]

i was dealt an A-Q in middle position very first hand. And it came to me and no one had raised but everyone called. So i just folded, i had no idea how the people played. Is that a ligitamite fold?? or should i of raised....

AQo is a strong hand, especially from middle position. people also tend to play tight in the beginning, so you raise that hand and fold them out, leaving you in position with the callers.

[vqc]

depends on stack sizes

Fold with 800 chips
Meh with 1k
Raise with 1.5k

[CoxhEd]

I would have raised it the normal 3xbb and see who stayed in the hand. AQ is a pretty strong hand in MP like the person above said.

If you miss your flop oh well it happens.

[Staple Gun]

I would fold if someone had raised it, but with limpers definetly throw out a 3-4x BB raise, if you get reraised let it go.

[tjp]

throw out a slight overbet, maybe about 6X to 8X, as a 3X or 4X will just get called; the object here is to get heads up. I know it is the 1st hand and i agree with not getting involved, but at worst you lose a few chips and start to get some info. At best you get one loose caller with an Ace rag, an ace hits and he can't let it go; sure he'll pair his rag kicker once in a while but i'll take those odds.

[Greedo017]

you can't raise 3x here because everyone will call. just limp and hope you <3 the flop. This hand isn't good enough to put out a big enough of a raise where you'll actually get folds. that is, unless you have 1500 stacks, i'm just used to the 800 stacks at party.

[Death_Kube_K]

So with deeper stacks raise here?

The stacks started at 1k.

Blinds 25/50

[Greedo017]

hmm, given that, i'm probably folding. your blinds are gay.

[Death_Kube_K]

well.

I like them because they go up every 15 minutes, so its all good. Just wait for a hand, or find a weak player and isolate him, then outplay him on the flop. It works for me!

[tjp]

That is an unusual structure; what site was it? You could still fire out a 3.5X raise with this structure as the raise has more value than raising 3.5X in a party game L1.

I was thinking about this greed and initially agreed with the limp, but the structure is very different L1 to party L1, which is what i based my response on. So I think raise 3.5X or fold and let others pay for you to gather information.

If it was a $50 on party (1k, blinds 10 / 15) then i would stand by my initial post most times.

[Staple Gun]

Those are gay blinds, after they raise once your stuck with 10x BB if you havnt won a big pot.

[Death_Kube_K]

It was a Sng at Bugsys club...........

I dont play there much but it is fun. Won 2 bux in a freeroll and played a 50 cent freeroll. yeah it was weird structure.

The MTT is pretty nice you start with 10k chips and blinds start at 25/50.

[tjp]

that structure sounds quite cool. no messing about with tiddly blinds and I prefer the long levels . is it a single table or a 2 or 3 table? if it is a single table how long does it usually take?

[Death_Kube_K]

man, the SnG;s last about 45minutes to and hour and a half. there seems to be alot of fish. I really like the MTT's. You can sit and wait then later in the tourneys about 2 hours in the antes are worth stealing. You pay about 2k to get into a 15k pot. The tables seat 10 people.

[JeffreyGB]

With blinds that high starting off, I'd say you want to raise. You want to take advantage of every chance you have to grab some chips when you're likely to have the best hand.

That said, if there was something that made you not want to play, it's a fine play. There's almost always time to look for a better spot if the one you're in now is questionable. That's like a golden rule in tourney play IMO.

[CFANG]

Depends alot on the SnG but i find at stars if i get AQo early with limpers then i'll usually fold it ,I'll call it suited in LP. To drive people out I have to make a much larger raise then i want to commit with this hand considering even after raising 5-6xBB i might still get 3+ callers which is hardly what i want with AQ unless i'm limping it. Once the blinds get a litter bigger and i have a bit of a feel for the table i'm much happier playing the hand for a raise.