easy decision?

[tom]

still fairly early in the tourny, and the only read I have is Cutter has showed down 2 big hands which he was pretty aggressive with, no reads on the other two callers...

PokerStars Game #3389787554: Tournament #16803148, Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2005/12/20 - 20:18:26 (ET)
Table '16803148 1' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: canni55 (1450 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: tom504 (1375 in chips)
Seat 3: dad of two (460 in chips)
Seat 4: ttutt (1225 in chips)
Seat 6: sparkey408 (1735 in chips)
Seat 7: TOJ01 (2135 in chips)
Seat 8: noble46 (2170 in chips)
Seat 9: Cutter_Slade (2950 in chips)
TOJ01: posts small blind 15
noble46: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to tom504 [Ad Jh]
Cutter_Slade: calls 30
canni55: folds
tom504: calls 30
dad of two: calls 30
ttutt: folds
sparkey408: calls 30
TOJ01: calls 15
noble46: checks
*** FLOP *** [6d 5s As]
canni55 is connected
canni55 has returned
TOJ01: bets 120
noble46: calls 120
Cutter_Slade: raises 120 to 240
tom504: ??

[Phew72]

Sorry to say it Tom but I think you've made this hand much, much more of a difficult decision than it could have been.

First off, why did you limp w/ AJo in that position? What were you looking for? (Two pair or J-high flop, no obvious str8 or flush draws would be best cases I think)
You now have almost no idea where you are with a medicore hand.

Unfortunately for you, you have hit your Ace and now there's all kinds of action ahead of you with TWO more people to play behind.

As this is so early in the tourney and because of the betting I would put your posibilities down to:
(a) Fold (weak yes but only 30 chips invested so far) or
(b) push all-in.

You cannot just call because it is likely that the BB is drawing for the flush and calling (even without the two players to come) gives him 7.5-1 odds (900/120). SB could be testing the waters w/ a pair although being first to act and so may players to go through seems a bit foolhardy - I'll guess Ax.

What were the two "big" hands Cutter played earlier and how did the action progress - limp then aggressive w/ big pair/big slick or was he limping w/ Ax and hitting two pair?

Personally, I wouldn't play AJo in that way in that position.
I think you may well be in trouble (2 pair / set) but might get lucky w/ Ax, flush or str8 draws.

I would chose to fold this scenario. Plenty of better opportunities to get your chips in later.

[AHiltz]

First off, why did you limp w/ AJo in that position? What were you looking for?

By my calculations, if he can safely assume that the BB will not raise, he's getting 11:1 on his money. I'd be in on that just for shits and giggles.

That min-rereaise after a bet and a smooth call screams monster. Get out of Dodge.

[Rondavu]

FOLD. You have no interest in this sketchy spot with one pair jack kicker. I like the preflop limp by the way.

[nickthefool]

The limp is fine as long as you can fold when this happens afterwards.

[Rondavu]

The limp is fine as long as you can fold when this happens afterwards.

Well said. I think you need to be able to fold when this happens whether you raised or limped however.

[Cpaz]

The limp is fine as long as you can fold when this happens afterwards

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Well said. I think you need to be able to fold when this happens whether you raised or limped however.

I also agree with both of these. Well played as long as you fold.

[tom]

I folded. Turn brought a non spade J, the two blinds checked, and UTG took it down with a ~300 bet, which with the limp afterwards made me think he had a hand like AT or AJ, maybe even AQ, but those blinds had me thinking two pair or a set even. Glad to hear I played it right, thanks guys.

[zenbitz]

2 limpers and a raiser with 6 seeing the flop... not likely you are ahead, and if you are, it ain't by much (flush draws). I would take AJ spades to the felt here.... and might get frisky with AsJx.

But otherwise, yay! Mediocre hand only cost you T$30.