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Swinebag:
he has now put in 30% of his effective stack so probably isn"t folding. You have the option to fold or shove as calling cant really be an option now. How you procede from here is very read dependent and it is a tough spot. i see this move quite a bit in low stakes STTs. It can be big pair (QQ+) but I have seen weak players (trying to represent a monster) do this with very marginal holdings. (Ax, TJ, TQ, TK, JQ and maybe JK) Other holding such as pairs 22-JJ and AK, AQ, AJ, KQ would surely come in for a raise preflop.

Most of the time, online, I would shove over the min reraise, get called and am ahead most of the time. But that is with a bigger blinds to stack size.

In a live situation, my inexperience would probably get the better of me and I"d take the weak option of calling because I wouldn"t have the bottle to shove them in, unless i had a "Janet and John" read that he was weak and couldn"t bear to fold AJs in a HU situation. I"d then leave myself in a whole lot of bother going to the flop.

You also have to consider your mental state at this point. You have come back from the dead and are looking good now. Do you want to blow it all in a HU battle of egos? Or is this a great spot to challenge for the chip lead? I think letting it go is good. You are still pretty healthy. I"d also try and get the guy to show his hand as well.

AMRN:
I would have checked the flop to avoid any chance of a preflop re-raise. If I miss the flop I fold to a bet and let my BB go.... if I hit the flop, the strength of my hand is somewhat disguised by the preflop check.

coprey:
Ok. Great reponses so far, thanks.

It starts to get painful.

I stand up and look at the guy, whats he up to. I start to think he has trapped me, but remember my initial instinct, that he has a weak hand. I feel lost in the hand - bad sign.

I look at the pot and my stack and realize there is a lot in there. Can I fold?

I dont think I can fold, but hate AJ now.

Because my hand is sooted I reckon I can call and still survive if the flop is bad.

I call

coprey:
Flop

K75 rainbow

He is to act first and bets 18k

What do I do?

Swinebag:
Col, i"m feeling your pain in this hand. I think your call was probably a mistake (a mistake that i"d have probably made too mind you) but its understandable.

shoving is definitely getting called now. you surely cant call now. That only leaves the fold. The fact that you stood up after his raise may have told him you had a playable but not a made hand and he is exploiting that???

i think you have to give him credit for a good hand. A few of the weak hands that I suggested a weak player might make that move with have now connected with the flop (A5, A7, KJ, KT or even K9???) but most will have missed.

Are you thinking you AJ was good and might still be??

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