What's your play??

[pgil]

Here's the situation:

Blinds 100/200, ante 25, $5 18 seat SnG at Stars. 7 players left, 4 places paid. I'm medium stack, and in the SB with AQ. There are three limpers when it gets to me, so I raise it to 900. Two callers (one large stack who limped from MP, lets call him villain, and another with a medium stack who limped from Button). Flop comes 333, I check, villain (large stack) pushes for about 8000 (i have ~4500). Other player folds. I.....???

Reads: Have seen villain limp KJo from MP, then call a raise with it. Have seen him twice push against the smaller stacks post flop, but they folded so i didnt see what he had.

Do you call or fold and why? What range of hands do you put him on and why??

I dont know how to put the results in white, so I will post them later.

[gabe]

i call because he seems too aggressive.

besides, if he has a pocket pair, you still have 7 outs

[zenbitz]

I don't like the check-call here with no hand. His play is certainly consistant with a pair, but also an agressive bluff since the flop only good for pairs and 3's. You obviously didn't raise a 3 pre-flop.

You have plenty of chips left - I have to give him credit for a low pair (which explains the overbet, since he doesn't want anyone to draw out on him)

[pgil]

What about if the button calls? There's more in the pot, so better odds, but you would have to give him credit for a pp, and the pusher would either have a weak A (6-10) or at least KQ in my opinion, which would take away one of your outs. Does this change your play?

[JeffreyGB]

What about if the button calls? There's more in the pot, so better odds, but you would have to give him credit for a pp, and the pusher would either have a weak A (6-10) or at least KQ in my opinion, which would take away one of your outs. Does this change your play?

With a push and a call, this is a clear fold. One of them has you beat. No reason to risk your tourney here calling off 4500 chips when you, at best, have 6 outs, and may be drawing to 3 or less.

[gabe]

at best, have 6 outs, and may be drawing to 3 or less.

at best, 7 outs! the last 3 is an out.

[JeffreyGB]

[Jeffrey, you can't count!]

I know. I hate math.

[pgil]

I agree about folding if the button calls. Anyways, i called thinking he had a weaker ace, or at best K high. He flipped over A2 suited, and hit a flush on the river. Luckily the river card was a Q, which gave me a full house. Funny, later in the same tournament, at the same table, i had 66, and the flop came 444, one guy bet, so I pushed him AI and he called w/ A7 suited. He didnt hit, so I took him out.