AK and AQ in the SB

[Dave5511]

How do you like to play AK and AQ in the SB at a unraised pot?

Limp: You have a disguised hand. If you hit, people probably won't suspect you're so strong. If you miss, you can get away cheaply.

Raise: You're probably starting with the best hand. With 3+ limpers, you're getting good equity w/a raise. Problem is, you have terrible position and leave yourself really open to check raises that put you in a akward spot.


Also, how do you play them in the SB when there's been a raise?

[shadow29]

Raise for value. You'll generally have a tremendous equity edge against 3 random limpers. Disguising your hand is overrated.

The deficit in position is overcome by the strength of your hand.

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leave yourself really open to check raises

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Also, I'm not sure who is going to c/r me when I'm the SB.

[Dave5511]

^Duh, brain freeze. Didn't mean check raise, but say a MP or LP raise. I mean, w/AK at a KTx flop, you bet out, get called, say 9 or 8 comes on the turn, you bet out, get raised. Really easy for someone to have KT, K9, K8 here.

Of course, what you didn't preflop really doesn't effect that, now that I think about it.