Good place for a stop-n-go?

[bobcorn]

PokerStars Game #3313514486: Tournament #16409261, Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2005/12/12 - 13:19:18 (ET)
Table '16409261 1' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: BDowner (2845 in chips)
Seat 3: manja818 (5100 in chips)
Seat 7: BELLZARR (4405 in chips)
Seat 9: bobcorn (1150 in chips)
BELLZARR: posts small blind 75
bobcorn: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bobcorn [Ah 7d]
BDowner: folds
manja818: raises 300 to 450
BELLZARR: folds
bobcorn: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [2c 8h Ad]
bobcorn: bets 700 and is all-in
manja818: calls 700
*** TURN *** [2c 8h Ad] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [2c 8h Ad 5h] [5d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bobcorn: shows [Ah 7d] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
manja818: shows [Kd 2h] (two pair, Fives and Deuces)
bobcorn collected 2375 from pot

manja had been raising every other time on the button. I figured i had just the right amount of chips for a stop-n-go and felt i had no fold equity preflop. Even if i missed the flop i was planning on pushing. What range of hands would you make this play with?

[darinvg]

I like the idea of the stop and go; however, when you hit your ace, you should check and call. He might stab w/ a lot of hands he's not willing to call.
If you didn't hit you ace the stop and go looks good.

[bobcorn]

I thought about slowplayin because there were no draws, but in another hand i posted i made the mistake of slowplaying on the bubble and swore i would never do it again.

[darinvg]

Just read that one. I can understand the thought, but since there aren't any draws here I think you can safely check it. It all worked out this time.

[scamlan]

I would have probably just check raised all in. If I check and he checks behind me I'll push on the turn to make it look like I'm trying to buy it. That works a lot for me in SnG's.

[mervhage]

Bob, you posted a HH in the past that was very close to this one. You mentioned a habitual button raiser/blind stealer who was eating you up. You picked up Ax (actually, you may have had A7 just the same). It was unanimous that you should reraise all in preflop. Here, you should reraise all in preflop without hesitation.

The stop and go works fine too.

[goofyballer]

Yeah, I check this flop for the same reason everyone else said. I know slowplaying bites you in the ass sometimes, but HU on the bubble, top pair is a monster.

[LadyWrestler]

Hi there! Most of the time, with the read you described, and with A2 or better, I would have pushed preflop. However, you playing your A7 the way you did was fine, too. There are circumstances where I would have done the same as you did. In this situation, with A10o or better I would push preflop every time. Have a great day!