Originally Posted by ertrauma

With AJs UTG, I would limp and see what comes, as I would with 55. I will call a 3 bet raise with either, but no more than that in the hopes that I will hit on the flop. You're looking at the early stages of the SnG when the CSI's are much bigger...at the lower levels I play at, you are less likely to be raised big in the early levels, unless there is a premium hand at the table. I don't fear a raise following my limp early in a SnG as much as I do later on when the blinds move up and antes kick in. If I don't hit the flop, I'm done.