[Closed] AKs vs aggressive villain

I'm sure the moderators will give you a complete break down on what the absolutely correct play is, but I thought I would post my thoughts in the hopes of learning more if my thinking is wrong.

1. I think the reraise preflop should be three times raise, i.e. to $1.50 not $1 (this is from the literature available on this site).

2. if you get 3-betted I think you have to push all in. your odds are 10%-90% underdog to AA, 33%-65% underdog to KK and essentially a coin flip to any pocket pair QQ and lower. Also, 60%40% ahead on suited connectors. seeing as how you are behind only 2 possible hands in his range, and coin flip and better for the rest, I think a push all in to the reraise is +EV (note: moderators, please correct me if I'm wrong)

3. this flop is tricky. on the one hand you have top pair top kicker but on the other hand JJ, KJ, and KK are all possible hands in his range. However, the villain leads out with roughly 1/3 pot raise. I think a reraise is the correct play because a. he could be Cbetting with a worse hand than yours. b. his response to your reraise gives you information on where you stand in the hand. If he 3bets/calls you should cool off on the turn unless you turn a K. He's not calling a reraise with anything less that AA or two pair. note: this flop play only happens if he flat calls your larger preflop reraise....because if he folds, no flop or if he raises I think you should be all in by flop time anyway.

again, this is what I think your line should be and not necessarily the correct play.

1. I think the reraise preflop should be three times raise, i.e. to $1.50 not $1 (this is from the literature available on this site).

correct - sometimes I just find myself raising less cous i'm scared i'm not good enough and think i will lose less money if i raise less!

2. if you get 3-betted I think you have to push all in. your odds are 10%-90% underdog to AA, 33%-65% underdog to KK and essentially a coin flip to any pocket pair QQ and lower. Also, 60%40% ahead on suited connectors. seeing as how you are behind only 2 possible hands in his range, and coin flip and better for the rest, I think a push all in to the reraise is +EV (note: moderators, please correct me if I'm wrong)

3. this flop is tricky. on the one hand you have top pair top kicker but on the other hand JJ, KJ, and KK are all possible hands in his range. However, the villain leads out with roughly 1/3 pot raise. I think a reraise is the correct play because a. he could be Cbetting with a worse hand than yours. b. his response to your reraise gives you information on where you stand in the hand. If he 3bets/calls you should cool off on the turn unless you turn a K. He's not calling a reraise with anything less that AA or two pair. note: this flop play only happens if he flat calls your larger preflop reraise....because if he folds, no flop or if he raises I think you should be all in by flop time anyway.

I'm reading everyday about expected value and sometimes I say fuck, this is all a bunch of crap. On the long run, playing ABC micro no limit games and without getting into psychology of a table it's ok to always play "by the book" and go all in with your premium TPTK (just couse +EV)...but on the other hand, sometimes you have to follow your instincts, correct?

But now I got sth I didn't see while playing posted hand; villain only raised 1/3 pot so a) was weak b) wanted me to call/bet. I should just call and see what happens...

Thanks Pygmalion, for argumentaly explanation!

If he was very tight I would 3bet to $1.50 and then most likely fold to his 4bet since he's a very tight player. His range from EP would most likely be something like QQ-AA and AK, but most likely AA or KK since so many just calls with AK or QQ when being 3bet, at least in my experience.

Don't minraise preflop!

As played, I call. He may have AK/QQ+. We don't want to get QQ to fold. AK will never fold. Against AA/KK we are way behind, but we can't fold with TPTK.

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So why did you call his 3-bet preflop?