NL50 zoom AKs

Preflop I like your play, 3bet/calling AKs BTN vs MP, especially 130bb deep. We are doing fine against his 3bet calling, and 4betting range as well, but not so fine against a 4bet/broke range, so I think this is the best line.

I'm not sure about postflop, but I would definitely call cbet vs this sizing. I don't like shoving, because
- we don't really have hands that play like this for value
- it's still a big overbet, so we risk a lot
- I don't see too much we gain with shoving, we don't make him fold better hands, only worse bluffs, that we crush anyway, but we have bad equity when we get called, so even calling down is better than shoving I guess

River is a call I think, especially for this sizing. I'm not sure what he's repping, as I'd expect him to continue turn with the A:d. Sometimes he can have hands like K:h Q:d, but that's not a big deal.

At NL 50 what do less-than-half-pot size bets usually mean?
It looks weird to bet so little.

After a small bet like that OTF, a raise might even be worth a go.
it shows strength -- a big pair, solid flush draw or even a set.
Not a good idea if he is likely to re-raise, though.

I would also agree with the river call.
Once again, the bet you are calling is so small compared to the pot, it seems a crime to fold here.

Peace,
VS

Originally posted by VorpalF2F
At NL 50 what do less-than-half-pot size bets usually mean?
It looks weird to bet so little.

It is very common and makes sense to cbet small in a 4bet pot, especially if you want to put in your stack on 3 streets.

Originally posted by VorpalF2F
After a small bet like that OTF, a raise might even be worth a go.
it shows strength -- a big pair, solid flush draw or even a set.
Not a good idea if he is likely to re-raise, though.

Raise/folding on the flop seems to me like the worst option of all... Also I'm not sure what we are representing with raising. Mostly we don't have KK+, so if we happen to 3bet/call hands like TT-QQ, why would we raise them here? He still have his KK+, alongside bluffs, so I don't see the point. Also we don't really have sets, so all we can raise "for value" are A:d K:d / A:d Q:d, which are working great as calls on the flop (although we can shove them for sure).

Against such tight opponet I surelly just flat it pre .

I fold river TBH...

Pre-flop it's fine since we're deep... Flop I like the call and completely agree with duder1n0, calling down is better than shoving. Although there is something to be said about him folding AK like koene4u mentioned, but as a general rule I'd just call, but will give more thought to the idea of shoving since there are 9 combos of AK v 3 AA + 3 KK + 6 QQ

So it would be decent fold equity... and really calling down for stacks I'm not sure, and then if you're not calling down, maybe shoving is indeed better than calling 1 and folding on the turn. I guess that really depends on the opponent being able or not to jam on the turn as a bluff.

But again, on the river I fold, I just think we're beat or splitting, with a much greater chance of being beat. But I'll check the spoiler now

Shit, I hero folded the best hand =/

Turn: Good spot to turn your hand into a bluff, I would probably bet 1/3 pot here to put some pressure on him

River: he is repping a hand such as Qd/9d. AdX would jam the Turn as the Nut flush draw, or bet larger on the River for more value.
Since he is repping such a narrow value range, and is giving himself such a good price on his bluff, I really like your call.

vs this bet size, we need to defend ~76% of our bluff catchers. I'm pretty sure that AK King pair is part of the top 76% of our hands which makes this an easy defend