AJ on the button in 22$ MTT

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

UTG (t3465)
UTG+1 (t7648)
MP1 (t2920)
MP2 (t10960)
CO (t2660)
Hero (t4725)
SB (t15042)
BB (t14859)

Preflop: Hero is Button with J, A.
4 folds, CO raises to t600, Hero raises to t4700, 2 folds, CO calls t2035 (All-In).

Flop: (t7485) J, K, 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t7485) T (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t7485) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t7485

Results in white below:
CO has Ah Qd (straight, ace high).
Hero has Jc Ad (one pair, jacks).
Outcome: CO wins t5420. Hero wins t2065.

Comments? I thought maybe he had been on steal. AVG stack in the tourney was 6500 in chips. How would u play it and why.

[majorj]

Hard to say without a read. But i wouldnt risk half my stack reraising with AJ at this part of the tourney.

[LeFou]

This plays fine at certain stages of MTTs. Hard to tell what stage you're at exactly.. 200 blinds but how many players left, out of how big a field?

Also if this opp is particularly tight, a 600 bet here often means heshe is committed to calling off the other 2K, so I don't know how much fold equity you've got.

[Roco415]

also, his bet looks extremely strong seeing as hes betting about 1/3- to 1/4 of a stack pleading for a call or willing to gamble for his whole stack. If he was on a steal i think he might reraise all in for fold equity....? good post though

[WildBobAA]

It's very read based.

[baudib]

He's getting good odds off your push with the better hand. It's easy to say that someone is on a steal but what are you basing that on?

AJ is a trap hand for a reason.

[Sprayed]

also, his bet looks extremely strong seeing as hes betting about 1/3- to 1/4 of a stack pleading for a call or willing to gamble for his whole stack. If he was on a steal i think he might reraise all in for fold equity....? good post though

This is might thoughts as well. He wanted a call when it was actually correct for him to push. I think he is strong here and beats your AJ.

[WildBobAA]

I don't know why you guys are all saying hs bet look so strong. He 3x'd it. Sure if you were playing and were the CO, you might push on a steal but maybe he doesn't want to commit his whole stack and would be willing to fold to a push. Like I said, this is a situation where you need a read. If he's been stealing a lot, then it's an easy push. If he hasn't opened a pot yet, then it's an easy fold.

Also ignored, don't post the results next time.

[drmcboy]

looks standard to me.