*POKER HAND* You raise with AK, get a call, and another player shoves. Watch this video and see if you'd make the same play as SplitSuit: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X3ZlYr8ZX88.html
This is very smart. I've watched a few of your longer videos, but this shorter format gets to the point and is much more effective imo. The graphics are great. Nice work!
AK is your bluff big pair. you only have it 30% of the time but that makes it worth playing. If you aren't bluffing with AK then you aren't bluffing enough. If you have nothing after firing two barrels and the villain is still around give it up. All-in first is a valid play, as you have fold equity, but calling an all-in with it is usually a bad idea, that's what you have to realise, there is a difference between the two scenarios.
I watched a bunch of your videos through the last 2 weeks and you are a very good instructor. Thanks for the content you make ! Super clear and explicit, love it !
Exactly. Zynga poker can only be played Tight Aggressively on the bet and Tight Passive on the call. Wich means that even if you flop a pair with AK on the flop, someone is going to see you untill the river where he will catch something better than a pair ... boom! you lost your hypothetical money. :D
Word Unheard I played a 1/2 NL at planet Hollywood in Vegas. I ran cold the entire week due to ppl like that calling me down. My last hand of the week went like this. I raise to $40, and get re-raised to $80 preflop. K72 flops. I push in for $100~. He SNAP calls. I turn over AA, he turns over 73 off.... he rivers his trips. 🤦♂️😢
Zynga is not even close to realistic. Way too many action cards. They gotta be dealing with a short deck. After about 100k hands I've won with countless quads and 3 specific club royal flushes. I do not recommend anyone to every play zynga if they are serious about getting better at poker.
4:00 this little chart in the corner is only for the flop - it doesn't take into account the turn or river. the reason you try to get it all in preflop with AK is because AK is a good allin hand when you count flop + turn + river. but only hits the flop 30% of the time, so you don't really want to see just the flop. the more fishy your opponent plays preflop, the better it is to go all in preflop. or you can play AK as a drawing hand. try to get to a cheap flop and fold if you don't hit A or K. and if you get re-raised preflop, you can re-re-raise them and get it all in there
Very nice, it's true it's the hand u love or hate. I have mixed feelings about it as only last night I won a hand with AK and hit Quad K's. This was done by 3 betting pre flop and the other guy just called. But then later on in the tournament (after a bad beat with AA) I 3 bet again with AK suited and the other guy puts me all in, I was on tilt so I called but he had QQ and unfortunately I missed on every street. Tho I know I could have got away pre flop, it's just to hard, more so on a site like pokerstars as they love to get it all in pre flop with just about anything. Still this video has helped me to see where I played this hand well the first time and how I can improve it for next time. Just subbed 😆
AK is tough when you flop top pair top kicker and you get some Re Raise aggression on the Flop or Turn. Other than that I do pretty well with the hand.
I disagree with betting too hard pre flop. I think with AK it’s safe to call any sized bet (depending how comfortable you war going all in) but why bet super hard pre flop only to win the blinds when your hand has a statistical advantage over everything but high pocket pairs. You can make so much more money by not betting pre flop, where your opponents will assume your playing on a far larger range than what you’ve got, and saving your aggression for after the flop, your opponent might be on a straight/flush draw or have hit an under pair, while you’ve got a top pair hand with top kicker. It’s so much harder for good players to make decisions after the flop than before, that’s why you shouldn’t scare everyone away with good hands before the flop.
To be clear. Betting too hard depends on the table. If everyone on the table three bets liberally, definitely do that on AK. If everyone is skiddish and conservative, then play your statistical advantage and see if they hit something your hand beats.
I used to say this, but it's incorrect. A straight flush is not a flush. They are different hand rankings they just include the same word. A nut flush loses to a straight flush, but it's still a nut flush.
Here's how to condence AK into a words .in a cash game it's a draw u might win u might lose but it dosnt have to decide your nights .in a tourney AK is a potential tournament winner as chips play different
what is your favorite poker 'tracking tool' ? how do you suggest a 'new' player to learn using their stats , and what trackers to use ? tysm for the videos , i'm learning a lot :) .
Super hard to understand the terminology however i just taught myself last Thursday and by teaching myself i mean watching videos lol I feel i have a good grasp of the game and i can count outs subpar but sometimes i find myself undisciplined with going in on questionable hands gonna do some more studying
It all depends on where you play. Who your opponents are. If you play at a friends house, you cannot take that information for granted... You cannot invest money into AK even if you flop the A or the K! And the reason is, that at a friends house, playing with 5$ or 10$, people won't care so much if they lose. The price is not that big, therefore they won't fold that easily. They will see you until the river, where there is a high chance that they will either hit a flush - straight - 2 pair or 3 of a kind... And you will loose your money with AK. Thus, playing at a table like that will require you to be able to ditch an AK even when feeling strong! At other tables, where the stakes are higher. You can semi-bluff when hitting AK on the flop, and win it right there... So, always adjust your play, based on your opinion about the way your opponents play. Especially in Cash games, you will have to fold 70% to 80% of the time!
CornerrecordZ Also how is it a semi bluff if you have a top pair with top kicker? You realise your opponents will miss the flop 2/3 of the time and even when they hit you're usually ahead with top pair top kicker.
Anton Vanhala You are right, I didn't said it right. It's not that they have a bigger probability to hit a straight or a flush (that was foolish of me saying that). But because a lot of opponents play similar, and they play all bad, they will ALL see you till the end. Now the possibilities of one of them hitting a better combination than you at the river is a bit higher. High enough that it's nearly impossible to make anyone fold by raising in these games where the stakes are nothing - like 5$ or so... In other words. These people will play so bad, that you won't need to do anything more, than just wait for the best possible hands, like premium hands AA, KK, QQ and AK possibly, (or even more, depending on your possition and many other factors, but never play trash hands) and win very big pots right there. And loose pretty much nothing from the blinds. (again in Cash games) It might take some time to make profit, but progressively you will, without a sweat... Sure at these games you can make faster money, but if time is not an issue - why rush? These players will play so bad, that eventually if you play super tight, they will pay you more than you ever risked. Simply because they think that their trash hands can over run you more times than theoretically possible. Which is the reason at these games playing tight guarantees a win yes, but not necessarily a fast one. :P
Anton Vanhala It is a semi-bluff because if they hit a 3 of a kind, at higher stakes games, you are leading yourself into a trap. The truth in poker is to know how to avoid the traps that you - yourself put yourself into. There are curtain hands that will lead to big traps that is nearly impossible for someone to fold after committing a lot of money into a pot where AK hits the flop. Or even more of a trap where AK hits the flop and makes 2 pairs! How many times will you get AK to hit the flop with 2 pairs? And how many times will any other player hit the flop with ANY other card and make a 3 of a kind!!! This is a very big trap right there, and in high stakes poker, very difficult to be avoided! (and again, the probability of any 2 cards hitting the flop and making 2 pairs is higher than the probability of any 2 cards hitting the flop and making 3 of a kind. But the probability of just AK doing that is very smaller than ANY other 2 card combination making a 3 of a kind on the flop) (the reason I take just AK, is that in high stakes poker, is AK what you will play most of the times and not 4 9 unsuited for example... Random hand don't count - because you don't play them. If you do, then you risk much more than they will pay off as we all know... Your opponents will though, because most of them might be more experienced players - that's the real difficulty of high stakes poker!
What kind of nits do you play against that people only continue with the top 6% of their opening range against 3-bets and where do I sign up to play in this game
I think the issue is that this video is 6 years old. Strategy back then was way less developed. The idea that you would 3bet and someone would fold AJs is kind of funny. The first "tighter opponent" also folded AQ lmao. If your 3bet stat is 6% I can guarantee you that no decent player is folding a hand like AJs vs your 3bet.
I often just flat a 3bet, I don't want to get into a race but I know if I hit my Ace or King on the flop I should take the pot down, that being said I played a 22 dollar tourney today on pokerstars, I raised in a mis-position with AK the button/cut-off (it doesn't matter which he was) 3bets and I flat knowing I'm out of position. Flop is AK3, I don't like to donkbet so I check raise and then he shoves, he had hit a set of three's, a hand I could likely have got him to fold with a fourbet pre-flop
I think it's the former, I don't 4bet enough, I know that as a bad play in my game but I am much better at post-flop play and prefer not to be getting 5bet pre-flop, I'm happy for a 4bet to get through pre-flop with QQ/JJ/1010.
you have to value 3bet AK in any situation unless your opponent is a super nit. When they call or 4bet thats a different situation... if they 4bet from EP or the blinds from your EP raise then I give it more respect, but thats when a HUD comes in handy
You don't, and actually shouldn't, 3bet AK in 100% of situations. I hardcore break this down in my book Optimizing Ace King: www.splitsuit.com/ace-king-poker-book
calling 3bets with AKo or AKs, let's say we put villain on big pair. I know its somewhat like a coinflip says Equilab. But what if we can only see the fop cause villain will cbet really big. are we getting at least 33%?
Many players know that when you 3 bet pre flop and it is low number cards they will 4 or 5 bet you because they know you missed your broadway hand pair. How do you handle that ? (There is a name for that but I can't remember what it is?
Ok so i had AK the flop came and contained an ace and a king.... the opponent had KK, 2 pair vs 3 of a kind, coulda happened with any 3 of a kind i guess but wonder what the chances of it happening are, seems like best way to avoid losing like this is reading?? Idk im quite new to poker aha
I love NLH... I don’t know why. Every time I stop playing I come back 2 weeks later. I don’t play for real money but I love reading and studying it. I’ve read both super systems , theory of poker and all Sklansky books someone help me lol
im curious about what you think of three betting to avoid reverse implied odds of others being able to try to call a flop getting odds to hit their set? Maybe the 3-bet is to isolate, in position especially its usually smart to 3-bet A-K because you are less likely to play a multiway pot with the hand. This is just my considerations, curious what your ideas around this topic are?
Devi Berkowitz I can get down with that. If I'm playing 2/5 with AK on the button or even sb/bb and someone raises to 20 with or without multiple callers, you bet your ass im 3-betting 4x-6x with it.
3-betting hands depending on the opponents often has the higher EV then calling. I can see this in my database, the wort flathands on BTN are negative and hands like AJo,A5s i play +EV with 3-bet bets. First i saw in my database that in 12% of time the Blind squeezes, maybe with AKo you can 4-bet/cal profitable but depending on the opponent you 3-bet and esp if you really know his 4-betting range is super valueheavy, knowith he 4bets KK+ is just great, you lose a bunch postfop vs this hands. You sometimes argued that you call AJo in the SB because the openraiser folds to much but i think (was a older video and oldscool thought it would be better) is that if he folds 80% to 3-bet you make so much money with his folds and according to Snowie ven calling AJo in BB vs CO has only an EV of like 0.2 bb (its only an oddscall), so if you have 80% FE you make 4.5 bb *0.8 and even if you lose every time 9 bb if he calls or 4-bets you have an expected value of 1.6 bb. So many ands you 3-bet are neither for value nor a bluff, but the combination of FE and EQ f called can be higher. So many players first thought flatting AK,QQ is good, then they decided that 3-betting QQ is better (i saw a never video) you think the same now. Esp true if you think your opponent cbets to much but with a handn like AKo you cant float like hell and you dont realize your Equity as good as in 3 -bet pot, in position it can be very good you see at least 4 cards even if you dont bluff. So if opponent is folding much, no problem your EV of his fold is high enouph, if he calls to much, it become also good, you have positon and you can sometimes, i did it several times fold out his pp with a turn bluff.
In pockar there is no such thing as a perfect method it is so bariable that it does not has a logical correlation to logic Example I was a 5 way all in A K and I lost to J 2 which player actually call after a all in rise pockar is impossible to figure out is like the lottery
Hi James, a question regarding AK shove preflop. I think it will be the best way to give a concrete example. 6max zoom microlimits. HERO is in CO with AKo. UTG is 35/24 3bet 8.7 in 63 hands pool. UTG raises to 0.06, UTG+1 calls, HERO in CO raises to 0.26, UTG goes allin for 1.97. HERO?? Regarding pot odds/equity. Pot odds(42%), Equity(44%). So, according to this HERO is GOOD for a shove. Shall I just follow this and shove? It's purely math isn't it? But what I noticed in this limit is that AK shove pre is not making profit and I played >100k hands. So maybe I can find here a fold? I presume in higher limits it would be an auto shove. Please, share your knowledge/opinion. ;)
I'm not folding against that person here, no. If you are ALWAYS getting 100bb aipf with AK in the micros you are leaking...but in this exact situation it looks fine.
zorex13 He's 35/24! Call. Easy. Your almost a flip to most of his range, dominating a good portion. The only thing I would factor in is maybe timing tells. If he's excited to get it in you might be up against KK or AA. But more likely you're up against 77, 88, 99, TT, JJ, QQ, AK, AQ, possibly even a weaker Ace. This is almost a snap call for me given what's in the pot. The reason it's not profitable is because you're ultimately stacking off with 45%. I think the better plan is not to get into this situation at all and just take a flop with AK when this kind of player is raising UTG.
I just had like eh 131$ in a 1-2$ game, guy on tilt straddles on the button, guy next to him makes it 50 and I'm about to leave so i make it 131 to go and the filter folds, and the raiser calls with pocket 9s, flop 10 10 8 then q then I'm hoping for a jack or a ace or king and the shit comes a 6. its fucking nasty how much I was losing with my pocket pairs fucking flopping air and he takes me down with fucking 9s, at least 10s or jacks but 9s? its a coin toss I know but shit man itd be nice for a premium to hit for once
Dee Loc AK doesn't hit for me much either. I either completely miss the flop or when I do flop or turn top pair someone has a set, it's pretty disgusting.
AK is a value 3 bet. The super nitty continue range that you used is not only not representative of the player pool, it's not even optimal. You should be happy to flat ATs+, 88+, as well as suited connectors with good playability when deep. It's misleading to list such a tight continue range for the sake of showing equities. The player you listed is either always in early position or drastically overfolds to 3bets and can be exploited with very light 3bets
The reality is different because: I play online CG and a 5 bet would be an all in. Even a 4bet is already an all in by my opponent. So would should I do with AK if he puts my all in after my 3 bet?
I can't play with percentages and odds. I play by thinking "do I have enough to make this call ?." Did the flop show me ANY LOVE ?. If I don't have much left in chips I will ALL IN preflop with AK
I didn't quite understand your reasoning behind 3betting AK pf in general, as far as i understood you just said that it's better to play it aggressively because you can make your opponent fold and end it pf, but that's not the reason for bet, especially that you said just a second before that we make hands that are worse then AK fold (against which we anyway have advantage), so i don't understand the reasoning. If you could explain your reasoning behind aggressive pf play with AK i would grateful, because I'm also not the fan of making certain plays just because it's a standard play. Cheers
It goes beyond "just this hand". If a player did NOT 3bet AK, what would their 3bet range be? Either the nuts only or a range that has some nuts and tons of bluffs. That alone would actually make us very easy to exploit if we chose such a strategy in all situations...
So would you say that keeping proper 3-bet frequency is the main reason? Does that mean that if i played with someone who doesnt look at that (lets say im in the table with fishes), then 3-betting AK has EV
The core logic of 3-betting your good hands is to force your opponent to play a big pot when you have better holdings, or to forfeit the pot entirely. Not 3-betting good hands is basically like saying "Hey, I see you have only mediocre cards so let me make the pot small for you". The size of a 3-bet is very important as well, if you put less than 3-4x its kind of pointless in cash game. It is profitable to flat call AK if your implied odds are high enough. If you are sure the fish aren't going to call your 3-bet with anything other than qq+ you can exploit them by 3-betting light
I watched the video again and i totally don't understand why i should be agressive pre-flop with AK. if i 5 bet , i will most likely get called only by pocket pairs, which AK doesnt do well against, and i remove callers like Ax and Kx
None of this matters on 5plus or more player table..these pcts just aren't accurate..right.??? I really just asking.1/3 of the deck is gone on a big table.... hope I make sense....cuz I love numbers.. I just think this good to know in headsyy. Or couple people...but Outside of that too many people(5-10 table) too many variables...right????? Thanks again hope I made Sense
learn to pronounce "et cetera". "excedrine" is a brand of aspirin. very nice graphics. good info and I love how you get right to the point and don't hem and haw around trying to sound cool, like so many others. I also appreciate the way you don't draw every conclusion for the student, allowing us to take information and think for ourselves. well done! remember- poker is the third most frustrating voluntary activity people engage in, just after marriage and golf. personally, if I ever become profitable, I'll be very proud.
Hey great videos man! I have learned a shit ton from them, thanks. Hey what do you think of ignition poker? I started playing it because they offer mobile games and as far as I know they may be the only one that does. Anyways to stay on topic, I have never won a hand with AK suited or not. It seems there is always some dumbass calling me down with 53o. And rivers a straight or flops trips or some bullshit. I don’t play stupid with it and get all in anymore but I proceed with caution and at least try to see the flop. Sometimes I will simiblufff when I miss the flop and or 3 bet too. But it just never seems to play out. It’s one of the hardest hands to play for me unless I flop aces right off the bat which seems like not ever. I started to Think the site might be rigged even with all the bad beats I see. It’s not just AK it’s when I get a full house someone else has the higher one. Seems like it happens on the site way more than in the live cash games I play. Way more. Thank, appreciate your help.
According to DriveHUD, I've played about 75k hands on Ignition with a win rate of almost exactly 10 big blinds per 100 hands. I started on 5nl and moved up to 10nl around the 55k hand mark. I've been dealt AK offsuit 669 times and have profited $120.29. I have been dealt AK suited 203 times and have profited $74.40. In case you're interested, my top 5 most profitable hands are: AA - $286.11 KK - $155.07 AKo - $120.29 QQ - $99.24 AKs - $74.40 These hands ARE profitable, but you need to understand the nature of variance! Just today I had pocket kings, raised preflop, and got 2 callers. The flop came down 24J with 2 hearts. I bet half pot, a fishy player raised me, and I jammed for his last 40 blinds. He called with J6 offsuit and the turn card was a 6 and I did not improve on the river. But that is okay! We WANT these bad players to be playing like this! I was a 78% favorite on that flop, so I cannot expect to win every time. It's easy to forget the hands we win with strong preflop holdings because it's easy to feel entitled to winning the hand before the action even begins. When we win we usually think to ourselves, "standard business, I should win with this starting hand!" and then we smile and move on to the next hand. However, when someone makes some questionable decisions and sucks out on us, we remember that exact instance far more often and for much longer. You have to remember that getting dealt strong hole cards is not a license to print money nor for a fish to donate their stack to you. Sometimes you just gotta pay the fish tax and that's okay! It's a necessary evil to keep them in the game. If the bad players never won, there would be a lot less fish around to beat!
Hey Duncan. No cards were shown in that comment, but you can post your complete hand history here if you'd like: plus.google.com/+Thepokerbankdotcom/posts/B2u1kdZ4s1r
In position, call raises. Out of position, 3 bet. I wouldn’t 3 bet in position because if you get 4 bet you might have to let it go given the opponent is mostly 4 betting QQ or better; and of course KK and AA will have you crushed. But of course it’s good to mix it up sometimes; keep your range wide.
Hey Split ! New design of your coaching videos is just GREAT ! I am amazed ! How long does it take now for you to make a video like this one ?! I presume it takes much longer than before cause of graphics :)
You need to 3-bet to get all the stupid holdings out of the hand before the flop. You don't want some jackass slipping in there K2 unsuited - and then catching two pair. ALSO - AK isn't a made hand. You may as well try to win the hand pre-flop if possible.
At the levels I play, whenever I check, I get a bet in my face. Probably not because they have a better hand than me, at least not all of the time, but because they try to take advantage of the fact that I checked and therefore showed weakness (thats how they interpret the check) What to do? Are there any videos of this?
If Im called, I get afraid on the turn, wondering if they really have me beat. If I check to them then, they'll certainly bet, forcing me to fold. I guess its all about position.
I must admit that theres certain things about the "range" thing I dont understand. Do you mean categorizing hands and play them similarly every time? E.g AK: Cbet, if called without hit, then fold Any videos about that?
If u limp in any part of the game then surely the opponent gonna exploit it by raising the pot and they know that u dont confront more often so the bluff too can win for them as you want call the raise...so if u cant play aggressively with low pairs or small suited connectors or high card with a low kicker then only go for premium hands when out of position so if they raise on u then you got genuinely something to bet on...
In a 1/2 game last night, I looked down at AK off from the SB. I raised it up to $15 and got 1 caller. Flop came JJ2. I checked, which based on your video I'm guessing you don't like? But the villain bet $25 and I called, which one again ... you probably don't like? Turn brought another 2. I check and the villain checked. River brought a 5, completing no straights or flushes. Check/check again and the villain showed down pocket 9's. I've kept thinking ... could I have pushed him off that hand? But at the same time, I've been WAY too aggressive in the past; so, I know that firing 3 bullets into someone who simply does not believe me is costly and going into check/call mode is weak. Any advice playing AK off out of position to this exact flop of JJ2 and turn of another 2?
Pro-tip: Just play full throttle, balls to the wall no matter what... You get 2 of clubs and the 7 of hearts in the pocket... 2% chance of nothing, right??? well they don't know that... check, raise, ALL IN !!!.....boom =victory... you're welcome
And that's exactly what Tight Agressive players are waitting for. Because a Tight Agressive player, will fold like 90% of the time, untill he hits 3 of a kind in the flop. Let me see how you are going to go all-in then. Exactly you will and you will lose and look like an idiot ... Good poker players are always waiting for the big fish.
James (SplitSuit) Thank you. I ask because if I raise preflop with AK and I get 3 bet and I put my opponent on QQ and under should I 4 bet or shove to get the full coin toss equity?
If you 4bet do those hands always continue? If you flat their 3bet, do you have a larger edge than them postflop both when you hit and miss? Those are the questions that will guide you there =)
No, you don't. In your position I recommend never chasing with AK after missing the flop. 3/4 of the time you aren't gonna get there, the odds say to fold. Of course in some situations if you either have a good read and feel a bluff or you have a deep stack. It's better to fold most likely someone isn't 4 or 5 betting then C betting all with air.
+Magani79. Chris Wilson is right. Never chase or bet into the pot with this hand. check it down. If the other player bets, as long as your getting at least 3-1 on your money and there are no trips or flush draws. I would call the bet. Your getting good odds on the call and you have a 25% of hitting a at least a pair (6 outs). Saying all this, its really down to the betting patterns of the other player and what you think he may have :) Hope this helps a little
against his 5 bet calling range, which I'd assume is Jacks through 99's, you have (according to this) 1/4 shot of hitting your card by the river. So if two C bets to the river, plus the size of the pot if he calls to that is proportional so that (2x C bets)/(river size pot) = 0.25 or more, it should be good equity. Now that's a pretty simple way of approaching that, it discounts fold equity and shit, so if you bet large enough on the flop you will sometimes get folds, but ultimately that's (i think) how you come to the answer you're looking for
If you play in the right games you will =) But seriously, you may not win 100bb+ each time you hit TPTK, but you will win plenty enough the times you do to make lots of profit when you hit the flop
it depend's on who your playing,like in the video when you 3bet and flop TPTK alot of player's expect you to c-bet this so they will call and bet the turn if you check(floating the flop and betting the turn if they check against certain players works great because so many of them auto cbet when they 3bet). you can mix it up with certain players that would fold to the c-bet with a check raise on a dry board.
If you only hit the hand 33% of the time, and people will usually only call your cbet if they have you beat already, or have a good or monster draw, how good is it really ? Is it really that great to be 4 betting with ? The more I think about it I'd sooner just be dealt 44, and fold when I miss the flop. Easier.
its all player dependant.against player's who 3bet wide you should 4bet.against some nit's i even fold it to their 3bet.players who dont fold to 3bets much,you might have to fire 2 barrel's depending on the board because they call so wide. there's a lot to consider.if you folded everytime you missed the flop,you're steadily burning way too cash.you can't win every hand but even 44 can be turned into a successful bluff on certain boards against certain players. if you just check everytime you miss you're opening up yourself for some serious exploitation by your opponents.there's plenty of players i play against who play fit or fold and i call their open a lot and with all sort's and when they check,i bet and they fold making a hand that shouldn't be profitable,profitable.
Yes Justin, everything you say is true and accurate. The hand is even moreso than others, big-time positionally dependent, and also foe-dependant, especially with regard to 4 betting like you said. And this is not easy to do if you are trying to multi-table, unless you are real good at it, I guess. Also, I have seen it recommended that AK can be folded pre-flop, which I have done many times from the small blind. By the way, all of my comments are from the standpoint of a full-ring cash player, and I think some do not apply as stringently to 6-max, and certainly not to tournaments. Cheers
I remember in a tournament I had AK off and I was in the small blind . Villian right before the button opens . I end up just calling in the small blind bc I was about of position . So the big blind raises all in .. And the opener raises all in . So I ended up folding . And would've lost so I was glad I folded
Here's what I never understood about people and how they play AK. Often times they are willing to get it all in preflop because they feel "Hey I'm likely flipping". If you're cool with flipping why not just call and play post flop and just BET, BET, JAM ? It's the exact same thing but you're going to get WAY more folds.
AK killed me tonight. I was up about $100 at this point of the night. Bet $10 pre flop and had two callers. Flopped 6-A-8 and I was first to act. Bet $15. One player folded the other called so heads up. Turn was a Q. I checked, opponent bet $5. I figured at this point he had a small pair so I raised to $20. He calls all in and I called. He flips over AQ.... Fml..... River was a 2 and I doubled his ass up with two pair against my top pair top kicker. Ended up $30 down so I left. What could I have done differently? That $5 bet on his part threw me the fuck off. WHO DOES THAT!!!???
You always have to think: AK is not a made hand. Against a pair you're still basically only a coin-flip. More people get knocked out of tournaments with AK then any other hand.
I agree hand 1 didn't improve much, the AKQ needs JT to go anywhere, so are you saying that outside chance is so far outside that it's not even worth considering? I am a newbie and may be getting lost in terminology here but it looks like hand 1 improved a little with the outside chance at a straight, so is that little so small as to be unworthy of consideration? Thanks
You can't make a play considering that these exact two cards will hit on the turn and the river, unless you think your oppenent missed the flop aswell but with a much smaller hand (let's say something like 7-8 or A2 suited, maybe even a small pair in some cases) or a similar hand (you don't want to fold if you can split the pot) you probably fold in this spot. Yes you have a 0.18% chance of making the straight (and a 24% chance of making at least a pair, which again might be worth fighting for in some situations). It means you have a 1/556 chance to make it, i wouldn't risk my stack on it :)
Ne rarely wins,nego dobro izgleda,ali ne daje... :P .Kako igras AKo kad si van pozicije? Ja kad me 4betaju dugme,cotoff,MP uvek gruvam allin.Da foldam ne ide,onda najbolje po toj logici da igram 5% ruku,da kolas opet ne dobijas nista van pozicije,ubosces par 1/3 puta.
One of the regulars I play with has the midas touch. He plays absolutely everything, doesn't matter if you 4 or 5bet pre flop and he has 10/2, he will play it and he will catch a full house. It's insane and infuriating. How does one play against that?!
AK is the most overrated hand there is. Do not get over confident with this hand as you can lose a lot of money or get busted out of a tournie very easily with it. I personally like to smooth call with this hand to disguise it if I make a hand with it. If I don't it goes in the muck and on to the next hand.
Try betting HALF of your stack pre-flop instead. You can still possibly get out of the hand. The only people calling you will be top pairs most likely. If you think your opponent missed - shove on the flop. If you hit the ace, check it down and hope your opponent tries to bluff.
