bubble AJo utg

[ed cooper]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 6.5 Tournament, 100/200 Blinds 25 Ante (4 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (UTG) (t3490)
Button (t2620)
SB (t2825)
BB (t4565)

Hero's M: 8.72

Preflop: Hero is UTG with ,

whats the best way to play this?
id been raising quite a bit... on 2 occasions had raised to 480 from this spot. with stack sizes as they are im wondering if a shove or standard raise is best.
surprisingly i only wrote sth about bb, whos prob our biggest worry. remember sb being tight.

back to bb, he was shoving a lot on me when itd been folded to him when he was around 10bb. but never saw him 3 bet. if i standard raise he has a lot of fe if he shoves back..

[Nakamura]

I make a standard raise from 2 - 2.5x here. You have too big of a stack to comfortably shove and you can always take down the pot either PF or with a c-bet on the flop. Given that we are raising UTG, we should get more respect too. If someone 3-bets we probably have to lay the hand down.

[taipan168]

500 to go, and considering stack sizes, let it go if anybody 3-bets. If you get called, you're deep enough to c-bet a missed flop without totally trashing your stack.

[amnightus]

I make a standard raise from 2 - 2.5x here. You have too big of a stack to comfortably shove and you can always take down the pot either PF or with a c-bet on the flop. Given that we are raising UTG, we should get more respect too. If someone 3-bets we probably have to lay the hand down.

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