Hi
Firstly I wanted to discuss about the AK. To me it´s not very profitable hand so far, it gets beaten by jacks, queens, kings and aces. No-one pushes any more AQ, AJ and they only call with TT-22. Of course there´s exceptions:)
So if I want to earn money in the long run I´ve have to figure it out, if I should call or fold pushes with my AK. TT-JJ it would be quite auto fold, unless I´ve only half my stack left, but let me give you some example:
1)
Known players: (for a description of vp$ip, pfr, ats, folded bb, af, wts, wsd or hands click here)
[tg]BU$49,41:///////;UTG+2$9,05:///////;MP1$5,20:///////;Hero$4,45:///////;UTG+1$8,90:///////;MP3$26,35:///////;BB$25,35:///////;SB$24,95:///////;MP2$31,55:///////;[/tg]
0,10/0,25 No-Limit Hold'em (9 handed)
Hand recorder used for this poker hand: Texas Grabem 1.7 by www.pokerstrategy.cc.
Preflop: Hero is CO with A♣, K♠
5 folds, Hero raises to $0,75, 2 folds, BB raises to $5,00, Hero raises to $4,45 (All-In).
Flop: ($9,55) Q♥, T♦, 5♠
Turn: ($9,55) 4♥
River: ($9,55) T♣
Final Pot: $9,55
I always steal 3x BB on late positsion, so I don´t loose so much money. Here BB pushes and I think that I should fold, but I autocalled. I´m behind every pair and hardly any solid player push with nothing less (I´m still playing on the NL 25 limit:D)
But standard situation is next: I raise 4xBB my AK with UTG or MP and late position player (generally big stack) puts me all-in. I mostly have 4$ left and pot is generally 5,10$ or 5,25$ so do I call or fold. If there has been the limper, then pot would be bigger and I would have 3,75 left, then it would be again autocall, but here I´m not so sure. Could someone make some calculations:), when BB would push AK, AA, KK, QQ and sometimes maybe JJ (lag type of persons why like to play a lot of pots).
2)
Known players: (for a description of vp$ip, pfr, ats, folded bb, af, wts, wsd or hands click here)
[tg]SB$28,70:///////;UTG$35,10:///////;CO$27,10:///////;Hero$5:///////;MP2$30,16:///////;UTG+2$12,60:///////;BU$6,50:///////;MP3$8,68:///////;MP1$24,75:///////;BB$12:///////;[/tg]
0,10/0,25 No-Limit Hold'em (10 handed)
Hand recorder used for this poker hand: Texas Grabem 1.7 by www.pokerstrategy.cc.
Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A♠, K♦
UTG raises to $1,00, 3 folds, MP2 calls $1,00, 4 folds, BB calls $0,75.
Flop: ($3,10) 8♣, 8♦, K♠ (3 players)
BB bets $1,25, UTG calls $1,25, MP2 folds.
Turn: ($5,60) 5♥ (2 players)
BB checks, UTG bets $2, BB folds.
Final Pot: $7,60
Good fold?
Calling seems senseless, because 2/3 time I don´t hit anything. And again not so sure, if I should re-raise to 3$. Then I would only have 2$ and I would be pot commited (easy all-in pre-flop, or after the flop). I could hope that UTG raise with AK-AQ, AA-TT. Then AK have some +equity, I guess, Am I right?
3)
Known players: (for a description of vp$ip, pfr, ats, folded bb, af, wts, wsd or hands click here)
[tg]MP1$70,55:///////;Hero$5,75:///////;UTG$4,85:///////;CO$25,10:///////;SB$26,40:///////;MP3$7,95:///////;UTG+1$25,40:///////;UTG+2$4:///////;BU$3,90:///////;BB$5,65:///////;[/tg]
0,10/0,25 No-Limit Hold'em (10 handed)
Hand recorder used for this poker hand: Texas Grabem 1.7 by www.pokerstrategy.cc.
Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A♥, K♠
4 folds, Hero raises to $1,00, 3 folds, SB calls $0,90, BB folds.
Flop: ($2,25) A♦, 6♣, J♥ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.
Turn: ($2,25) 9♦ (2 players)
SB bets $1, Hero raises to $2,75, SB folds.
Final Pot: $6,00
Is it alright to trap the player a little. I don´t know if he should call with weaker ace if I would bet like 1$. I could pretend that I have KK, then I would probably bet 1,5$ and would fold to the re-raise, but I don´t know how much he would call and if he really has ace. Very hard to find good valuebet here.
