ATs in MP - standard? (PS $11)

[taipan168]

BB has been LAgg throughout this tourney - VPIP 50%, PFR 10%. Is this chip spewing or standard? Too early to be trying to steal blinds with this OOP when 7-handed?

PS. Apologies for the number of questions from me, I just moved up to the $11s and want to make sure I'm adapting my playing style from that which worked at the $5.50s.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (7 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

CO (t290)
Button (t2280)
SB (t2505)
BB (t3480)
UTG (t2460)
Hero (t1560)
MP2 (t925)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with T, A.
1 fold, Hero raises to t300, 4 folds, BB raises to t3580, Hero folds.

[vqc]

I dont raise from UTG+1 here.
And I fold to his push.

[taipan168]

So you dump it?

[Staresy]

Yep, I dump it pre-flop too.

As for this ...

I just moved up to the $11s and want to make sure I'm adapting my playing style from that which worked at the $5.50s.

The 11s are not too different from the 5s. The big edge comes on and around the bubble, where people are more alert and aware.

[vqc]

well
ur putting in 1200 to win 1800 right?

Text results appended to pokerstove.txt

205,476,480 games 0.471 secs 436,255,796 games/sec

Board:
Dead:

equity (%) win (%) tie (%)
Hand 1: 57.2436 % 50.95% 06.30% { AhTh }
Hand 2: 42.7564 % 36.46% 06.30% { JJ-55, AJs-A5s, AJo-A5o }

I think thats a relatively loose range for villian too, but donks could have lots of things here. Even then, ur not winning this one often enough.

[WildBobAA]

As said before, just dump it UTG + 1

[gabe]

i would raise it if i had lots of chips, but you dont

[zenbitz]

I play exactly like you do, almost every time.
I raise it, even though it's weak, because it's like a semi-bluff steal. Stealing from EP is OK, too, just in moderation.

It's kinda tough to play post flop against a call w/out a T or hearts though.

[drmcboy]

the only question you need to ask moving from 5 to 11 is do I have the roll. anything else is over thinking. your play will adapt just fine on it's own.

[taipan168]

I've noticed that at the $5.50s, I'm more likely to be flat called by the BB rather than pushed over as in this case.

The big edge comes on and around the bubble, where people are more alert and aware.

I agree, I've noticed that bubble play is MUCH more aggressive than at the $5.50s. There have been many times I've run from like 4000 chips to 7000 from 5-handed to 3-handed at the $5.50s, doesn't seem so easy at the $11s.