[Closed] 3$ SnG (A,Ks) - calling pre-flop

I guess it depends on how you feel about AKs.
I think it is a hand that is very easy to overplay, I have done it myself many times and still do.
I think at this early blind stage I prefer a standard preflop reraise to 360 then re-evaluate.
As played you lose the minimum so no bother but what do you do if the flop had come 665 with 2 hearts?

As played you lose the minimum so no bother but what do you do if the flop had come 665 with 2 hearts?

Probably end up going broke once again

Thanks for suggestion - pfr or fold looks best.

Originally posted by Tim64

Should I have just pushed to the limp and minraise? Thanks

Definitely not. At these sort of buy-ins you do not always have too much FE and will end up flipping way too often. ie. The bad play of your opponents will cost you (and themselves) $$'s in the long-run.

You can raise or call here. I'd prefer a call here since a decent sized PFR+cbet=too much of your stack.

IMO, NH as played.

Thanks for all your comments gang - keeping me on the straight and narrow!
Tim

you have to raise here IMO villain only bet 2 BB and after the call a lot of players will also call and you will mostly not know where you are in the hand after the flop. also reraising will give you inititive after the flop and can take it down with a c-bet quite often. If he now shoves you would probably be behind and have an easy fold.

flop play is good you don't have anything and you don't have any odds to draw.

Originally posted by sirilidion
you have to raise here IMO villain only bet 2 BB and after the call a lot of players will also call and you will mostly not know where you are in the hand after the flop.

and what do you recommend if villain pushes preflop?

I don't like the idea of reraising and either building up a pot with a hand that needs to improve on the flop or folding when you have invested a big part of your stack. If you interpret the minraise as weakness, than shoving preflop is fine. The pot is big enough for that line.

I think calling and pushing preflop are both fine.

Originally posted by shakin65

Originally posted by sirilidion
you have to raise here IMO villain only bet 2 BB and after the call a lot of players will also call and you will mostly not know where you are in the hand after the flop.

and what do you recommend if villain pushes preflop?

I don't like the idea of reraising and either building up a pot with a hand that needs to improve on the flop or folding when you have invested a big part of your stack. If you interpret the minraise as weakness, than shoving preflop is fine. The pot is big enough for that line.

I think calling and pushing preflop are both fine.

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