Is it profitable to open QJ,KJ,AJ off suit UTG

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the question is the title i used to open these hands UTG alot but these days i prefer to fold them AJ i do open sometimes just find myself been dominated alot and if i face a 3bet most times your in trouble

love to hear your 2 cents thanks Tiny Boost
 
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All you have described is the standard game! I always ask, against which players do you use this strategy? How much did you spend together at the poker table? If you understand how it will respond to your game standard 3 bet, use this for example and try to answer all in! You should have notes for each player you play with at the poker table!
 
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Open hand, is not only a matter of position and hand value, there is a variety of circumstances that interfere, a simple example: 6-Max AJ is a hand with a legal fairness of the UTG, excellent HU.
 
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I advise you to open with these hands only in the late tournament. Some times you can open these hands in early or middle tournament, when you are deep stack, or against certain players.

In general you need to prefer play in late positions, in the early positions play the top of your range, like TT+, AK, AQ, maybe low pairs, but will need to be able to fold these hands in the according of the board and the villains actions.


A good strategy for you win more is play less hands in the early tournament, use the position in your favor, don't spend chips with weak hands or in wrong positions, in the according of you get close to the bubble you need to play with more aggressiveness, open more hands and bet more, but be careful with deep stack players, and short stacks, they can put you in a dificult situation many times, with 3bet, shove and check raise allin.
 
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Feel free to fold those hands under the gun if you feel uncomfortable, but they are playable especially if there are antes involved. Without antes I think of AJ offsuit as an early position hand, KJ offsuit as a middle position hand and QJ offsuit as a late position hand.
 
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With less than medium stack i advice folding QJo and KJo utg also on some ultra loose and crazy tables..
 
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the question is the title i used to open these hands UTG alot but these days i prefer to fold them AJ i do open sometimes just find myself been dominated alot and if i face a 3bet most times your in trouble

love to hear your 2 cents thanks Tiny Boost
Yes, you need to know what is recommended for
learn to leave the recommended. If you never open with these hands it is easy to deduct your hand. I suggest getting the whole recommendation then learn to get out of the recommended. Good luck.
 
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Well ,I only call if I am utg but late positions I raise with all sure.But remember:It's really dangerous to raise early when the blinds are short.
 
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Hands like those are going to being table dependent. If you have quite of few LAGs who are opening super wide then yes. If you open with this hand with a bunch of TAGs and you get reraised you'll without a doubt have to fold. If there's a bunch of passive players who rarely raise preflop it could be a good hand to open with as well. If any balanced player figures out your playing these from UTG you'll pay and it will not be profitable
 
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opening such hands on UTG can bring you a good straight or full house, so with an average stack I think it's worth calling.
 
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Playing tourneys I prefer to fold such hands. You are right, you may get dominated too often. If I feel like I want to play these hands from TUG I better limp with it to face just a raise instead of 3bet. Mostly it would depend on my stack size.
 
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