Did i fold to early ?

[kolonel]

Trying to keep it tight early, but probably OOP here ?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00+$0.20 Tournament, 25/50 Blinds (7 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com



MP2 (t2913)
CO (t2225)
Button (t2705)
SB (t1057)
BB (t1965)
Hero (UTG) (t1285)
MP1 (t1350)

Hero's M: 17.13



Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, Q
Hero bets t200, MP1 calls t200, 4 folds, BB calls t150

Flop: (t625) 4, 6, 3 (3 players)
BB bets t400, Hero folds, 1 fold

Total pot: t625

[Wolle]

I'm not even playing AQo from UTG early in the tournament. On the flop, I fold as well. You could easily be behind a mid pocket pair with only a 6-outer. At worst, you're drawing dead to a made straight. It's better to keep your chips and wait for a better chance.

[taipan168]

I make it 150 rather than 200 to go preflop; once BB leads the flop and all you have is two overcards, fold is absolutely fine.

[GatorJH]

I make it 150 rather than 200 to go preflop; once BB leads the flop and all you have is two overcards, fold is absolutely fine.

This. Most of the time a donk lead like this is some sort of mid pair that doesn't want to see another card.

[Xamb2000]

I was played like you, but I tryed raise 1 BB or limp in UTG with thios hand to try see a flop.

[taipan168]

I was played like you, but I tryed raise 1 BB or limp in UTG with thios hand to try see a flop.

Don't minraise or limp, if you want to do this then you're better off just folding.

[PokrAssasiN]

AQ will get you in far more trouble in early position than prospering from it i usually fold these hands early in a tournament and play only top 10 hands only till about 4th or 5th level.

[UnknownFlush]

I would like to agreed with everyone you should fold this hand since very bad situation at start with someone sitting with low pockets.

[GatorJH]

AQ will get you in far more trouble in early position than prospering from it i usually fold these hands early in a tournament and play only top 10 hands only till about 4th or 5th level.

AQo is in the top 6.5% of hands and, imo, if you are folding this on a 7 handed table in level 3 then you are losing value. Raise it 2.5BB's and go from there.

[taipan168]

AQ will get you in far more trouble in early position than prospering from it i usually fold these hands early in a tournament and play only top 10 hands only till about 4th or 5th level.

AQo is in the top 6.5% of hands and, imo, if you are folding this on a 7 handed table in level 3 then you are losing value. Raise it 2.5BB's and go from there.

I agree with you, though a minor point is that I wouldn't raise 2.5x BB until blinds hit 50/100.

[GatorJH]

yea. that is the level that I move from 3 to 2.5. Good catch.

[surviva316]

I would like to agreed with everyone you should fold this hand since very bad situation at start with someone sitting with low pockets.

if we're worried about being in bad situations against low pocket pairs then AK is a fold here too. in fact depending on what you mean, AAs might have the same concern because it's problem the hand i stack off with most often against low pocket pairs.

open folding AQ UTG is a better mistake to make than opening it and then proceeding to play it poorly, but if it's 7-handed, we're missing out on too much value.

i somewhat dislike the term "UTG" for this very reason because everyone seems to think that it always means the same thing under every circumstance. i'd prefer to think of it as how many people have position on us, or even better what percentage of the table do we have position on. if there are 4 people left in the tourney, technically the first person to act is "UTG," but i'd prefer to call him the cutoff.

in other words, don't use you're typical, early stages, 9-handed opening range for UTG here (i guess moot point because AQo can still be in your UTG opening range even on the very first hand)