Please, without wanting to be rude, I was looking forward to (observing) a high level discussion about this hand which is very interesting and is certainly not clear cut one way or the other.

Aaron, this is a 2k buy-in online tournament, and the players concerned in this hand are at a very high level of standard. No offence, but you're completely out of your depth here and the thread has turned into people explaining to you some extremely basic concepts about no limit holdem pre-flop theories that you are completely dismissing which is a) rude and b) just totally stupid.

Flatting with AJ in that position in a or $2k buyin is totally ridic.

Simplyfying it a bit If you re-re-raise with AJ then in general what hands that are worse than AJoffsuit will call? The answer is MOSTLY none, so we chase good hands out of the pot.
If your worry is you are against a better ace and an ace comes well firstly in these positions thats pretty cold, secondly there is more play in the hand to build up a picture of what hands the opponent is more likely to have and thirdly you have position which makes everything easier and better.

Of course you can 4bet and try and get him to spazz it off with the J9 (gets there) or A8 or w/e if you have some dyanimc

It's really hard to win on a sunday right?

Not if your stpauli111! Wiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Wal for stpauli111.

wtf how does anyone win 4 sngs let along 4 highstakes mtts in one night?!

W/o too much info on villains turn tendancies i bet 391 and fold to a shove.
if the villain is as loose as you described and lilbit splashy i think check jamming mite be nice. (we need villain to have hands ala KsQ, AsQ, AsJ + 99/TT/JJ and to bet them).

dont see the advantages of c/f'ing vs a loose player + live play.

Agree mos of this

also we are 140bb effective with the straddle on not 300

1300 pre and i don't mind the peel here I do it myself sometimes-> I see this the same as AA as long as willing to commit to any flop

wow I couldn't imagine folding these utg at almost ANY table

good post lildave

agree with more pre I'm going around 550 he made a big initial 3b fwiw. Bet more on flop please

prolly call pre if you were sooooted and fold here it's a decently gash hand u can't really ever flop massive and be scooping

rofl at one of the sole survivors going ballistic whilst the other guy is sweating it out

#lovesthegame
 
#coulddowithasessionwithlongyonICM

according to twitter they chopped the money side of the prize? so were still playing for 50k in tournies, but dunno if true...

im checking aces on turn here on this board often but it is missing value loads of the time

As played, feels like he's got it unless he is turning  AcX into a bluff but you would know more than us? You say he tanked have you seen him do this before? Tank-shoves are much more weighted to value than bluff in my experience.

Also c/f flop

from a theory perspective tho if hands were in fact face up then it's a snapity snap call. These are the edges.

Obviously he will win as I didn't buy a %. Didn't receive a text. Fml as a backer. Zero returns ever

+1

lol donkaments

Omg a dice table at DTD would be soooooo cool but then again a let it ride table would be good as well

God let it ride is absolutely awful.

A dice table anywhere would be amazing, but you need experienced dealers and due to a dearth of craps in the UK I doubt there is enough talent floating around Nottingham right now to be able to staff it acceptably