AKo early in tourney

[maryfield48]

This was in the first or second orbit of a home single table tourney with 7 players. 2000 chips starting, one re-buy allowed per player, if busted out during Level 1, for 1000 chips. Blinds 15-30, antes 10. No significant moves in chips yet. In LP I pick up AKo & raise to 75 - my standard pre-flop raise at this level. Only BB calls. He's a very loose player who will chase and chase and chase.

Flop is A-7-4 rainbow.

BB Checks, I bet 200, BB calls.

Turn is 6.

BB Checks, I bet 500, BB calls. I'm worried about the straight now because I reckon this guy could play any 2.

River is 5.

BB Checks, I check. Really worried about the straight.

Any comments?

[housenuts]

i think you played that fine. i like checking the river there too.

[Texas Pete]

Everything looks ok to me. The check on the end is the only thing that *may* be questionable. The bad players call all the way down in the situation when they have KK-99, something like that. I find that they will bet big with an OESD, rarely setting you up for the all-in you fear on the end. In other words i'd make another big bet here.

[patrick dicaprio]

i am not sure what you would like to do differently. frankly i am surprised he checked the river.

Pat

[maryfield48]

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i am not sure what you would like to do differently. frankly i am surprised he checked the river.

Pat

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My question is really are my bets on the flop & turn the right size.

He had 5-5 for the rivered set. I guess he was nervous about the straight too.

[SmileyEH]

Looks good, although with the structure a raise preflop to 3.5 - 4 big blinds would probably be better given the antes involved.

Check on the end is fine. I'd be happy to have villian at my table /images/graemlins/smile.gif.

-SmileyEH

[housenuts]

you were putting out pretty close to pot size bets which is good. maybe 600 on the turn would have been a better bet but it doesn't sound like this guy is folding anyways.

[maryfield48]

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Looks good, although with the structure a raise preflop to 3.5 - 4 big blinds would probably be better given the antes involved.

Check on the end is fine. I'd be happy to have villian at my table /images/graemlins/smile.gif.

-SmileyEH

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Yup he makes his share of suckouts of course but if you can keep some chips in front of you he always gives them back. Actually later in this tourney I made a major suckout on him - I had 6d6c and flop was 3-4-5 with 2 diamonds. He went all in and I called for about a third of my stack - figured odds were he had the wheel at best - since I had two of the sixes. Of course he flips 6h-7d. Turn was a blank and river a 7 for the split. /images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[ChasingTitles]

If you think he is chasing why not move in after 4th street? With his 55 he doesnt have a str8, and is he that much of a nut to be callibg large bets with 35 or 38?

I have found that weak calling stations such as your friend here are going to call bets like 500, etc, but they usually think twice about calling for all their chips.

[maryfield48]

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If you think he is chasing why not move in after 4th street? With his 55 he doesnt have a str8, and is he that much of a nut to be callibg large bets with 35 or 38?

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I don't know what he has - he could be slowplaying two-pair, he could have the straight. I don't see any reason to put all my chips in with TPTK when 3 to a straight are on the board. I do believe he is capable of calling the PFR with any two suited or up to a two-gap connector. He would see it as 75 out of 2000 chips, pfft, big deal.

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I have found that weak calling stations such as your friend here are going to call bets like 500, etc, but they usually think twice about calling for all their chips.

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Probably true. Against that, I don't need to guess now. I'm odds-on to be around to bust him later.