hypermegachi
04-13-2005, 01:40 PM
you hold AKo on the button, and the blinds are low, 10/20.
someone early open-raises for 150 chips.
3 callers after, and it is your turn to act.
what do you do?
i choose fold.
from what i understand, these are the reasons for each of raise/call/fold.
raising:
- lets you know where you are in the hand
- but still, you're pushing real thin odds here, after all you still need to hit a ace or king
- that A or K will miss the flop 2/3 of the time, and you will have wasted a lot of chips if they don't fold do your flop follow up
calling:
- you lose all control of the hand
- you have some good odds to call
- you have position, so you can still see how everyone reacts
folding:
- it's still early, and you don't need to gamble
- against a EP raiser, you will dominate them 1/3 of the time, coinflip another 1/3, or be badly dominated 1/3
- against 3 callers like that, likely to have some pocket pairs, suited connectors, possibly suited aces or kings.
- you lose nothing
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my main argument for folding is because AK is crap if it doesn't hit. against 4 other players, even if they check to you, you can't feel good betting into them on a raggy flop. it is still very early in the game, and you don't need to accumulate chips by gambling.
against 3 callers, i think your reverse implied odds are huge here. you stand to gain little, but lose a lot.
thoughts?
someone early open-raises for 150 chips.
3 callers after, and it is your turn to act.
what do you do?
i choose fold.
from what i understand, these are the reasons for each of raise/call/fold.
raising:
- lets you know where you are in the hand
- but still, you're pushing real thin odds here, after all you still need to hit a ace or king
- that A or K will miss the flop 2/3 of the time, and you will have wasted a lot of chips if they don't fold do your flop follow up
calling:
- you lose all control of the hand
- you have some good odds to call
- you have position, so you can still see how everyone reacts
folding:
- it's still early, and you don't need to gamble
- against a EP raiser, you will dominate them 1/3 of the time, coinflip another 1/3, or be badly dominated 1/3
- against 3 callers like that, likely to have some pocket pairs, suited connectors, possibly suited aces or kings.
- you lose nothing
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my main argument for folding is because AK is crap if it doesn't hit. against 4 other players, even if they check to you, you can't feel good betting into them on a raggy flop. it is still very early in the game, and you don't need to accumulate chips by gambling.
against 3 callers, i think your reverse implied odds are huge here. you stand to gain little, but lose a lot.
thoughts?