AJ on the button

[Cf]

In the end I shoved in over the top of him. Unless he had a really strong hand I didn't think I would get called for the extra 9k as it represented essentially all of his stack.

There was also a certain element of not wanting to have my button raises look weak for the rest of the game. If I shove here then (whether i get called or not) people will be less likely to play back at me when i button raise later on.

The villian in this case called me, and was worried he was against AA, and was suprised when I only had AJ. He had KK.

I think I perhaps misread the situation here, not realising that most players have a much tighter range to 3bet here with than I thought. Happily though, I got away with it as I flopped an Ace, doubling me up

[AlexMartin]

Hmmmmm. Assume this was 9handed. Dont think getting it in pre with AJ is best here tbh with no antes and 30+bb. With a 50 ante the likelihood of a resteal means we probs just get it in. Another hand that shows why 3Xing a raise/fold hand on the button is expensive. Just 2.5 100% of ur range and save money. Live players dont 3b anywhere close to optimally and its probably almost 80% for value.

[daviebhoy]

No. He did 4-bet at one point, and had AA when he did this.

This should be all the info you need to fold AJ here. How loose he is is irrelevant. It depends what his 3bet range is and based on the above you are probably crushed.