[Closed] AK vs a reg overbet

Some players do this with KK or AA when they are sick of running into sets, and they feel that raising to over 10% of the stacks means it becomes incorrect to call with low pocket pairs for set value. However, when you have AK it's hard to put someone on KK+ since you block half of the combinations.

Some players make oversized raises with TT, JJ, or AK which they feel they should raise, but they don't really want to see a flop. Another possibility is that the reg meant to raise to 180 on another table, in which case his range here might be very wide.

Against a solid reg, I'm inclined to make a raise to 450 which might look stronger than pushing. It might be more likely for a reg to fold TT after a small reraise. Also, if someone cold 4-bets and the reg calls you can fold AK quickly.

Thanks a lot for the deep analysis.Cheers!