OK to take a flop with AK first round?

[thesharpie]

Person in EP raises to 4 or 5 times the big blind level 1 of a $11, OK to take a flop instead of reraising?

In my experience you have little fold equity against a player at this level, so they're most likely to take a flop which you're less likely not to hit than hit, and you'll usually want to fire again on the flop risking a large percentage of your stack if you don't hit, or they might move all in with a hand you dominate or a hand you're even money against and you'll have to fold.

[Karak567]

Yeah it's fine to smooth call behind.

[Bigwig]

I don't play that level, but I my standard line is to call an EP raise with AK in position early in a tournament. I almost never reraise at this point. However, in an $11, I think the best move is probably to reraise, perhaps all-in. You're playing against complete donks.

[lastchance]

Playing against donks, I really want to get my chips in preflop with AK. I don't want to have to miss a flop and get fired into. If people push, I get shown A5, KT, all sorts of crap AK dominates. I really like reraising here.

[Karak567]

I didn't look at the buyin.

I agree with what the other two said.

[GoldenHorde]

Just calling a raise with AK is a fairly standard line to take in the early levels of the lower buyins.

[ilya]

"All-in!" (Humberto Brenes voice)

[Nick M]

at the 11s you have to move in...good advice

[jeffraider]

I move in nearly all the time here and get shown dominated hands so often it's crazy. People can really talk themselves into some huge calls in Level 1 of an $11. /images/graemlins/smile.gif