When to be aggressive on the button?

[Steve50]

I have been trying to work out when the best way to be aggressive on the button is. Some hands that I would normally have just called with, I have been re-raising, in hope that position and strength of aggression wins me more/bigger pots.

Then I get 3 raised and have to fold with a hand like this....



I was on average stack with 230 players left out of 1200.

Am I being "too" aggressive with this hand here, the raiser was raising quite often preflop. I have been re-raising the button with hands like AK, T-T, J-J, of which I would normally just call there, or even fold.

But AQ I thought to try it and lost chips having to fold, what would you do there?
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stejens

[darrensprengers]

dont see myself 3-bet folding vs a CO raiser.
Loads of dead chips too. yum yum
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[pembo]

Calling here.

Think further forward, I'm not 3-betting here to fold it.

[Rigsby]

calling too 100% of the time

with the utg limping then calling the raise-he cant be that strong, plenty of times the c/o will see your three bet as a squeeze and 4 bet push with air, besides there are only really 1 hand he can have that sinks you

[Seb]

Mm, if you've been an active button, you're raising with AQ to call an all-in there, which might feel a bit out of control, but luck falls in different areas in different types of hands even if the percentages are the same.

[Steve50]

The reason I re-raised was in hope that the better would just call, which means I can put him on a weaker hand at least, and bet him off it on the flop if he weak checks (and if I miss), most of the time when re-raising I notice players just call, If they make the move that he did, then it usually means they have something good.

I folded as the majority of times I've been in this situation I've been up against AA, KK, AK, and if none of them then at least a pocket pair which usually holds up.
Didn't want to risk my tournament life on a flip that I'm possibly beaten on, thought I'd fold it (just in case) and pick a better spot to keep building my stack.

I go out of most tournaments usually because I'm all-in with AK pre-flop, so had no confidence to be all-in with an AQ to a 3 better push
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stejens

[Rigsby]

At times it makes perfect sense to get your chips on and either go busto or get propelled up the list, obviously the state of the tournament and your position is a factor in that

did you know you would fold to a four bet push before you three bet ?

[TheBlueBoy]