2/4: AK Overs

[KCheng]

Villian is 15/7/-2 with 1704 hands. Did I play this correctly?

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Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A/images/graemlins/club.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 3-bets</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, Hero calls.

Flop: (7.50 SB) 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif, Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 bets</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.75 BB) 5/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 bets</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: 5.75 BB

[Jaran]

Looks fine to me postflop. I usually cap here pf, but I'm a bit of a maniac.

-Jaran

[KCheng]

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Looks fine to me postflop. I usually cap here pf, but I'm a bit of a maniac.

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I actually like the pre-flop cap, but it was heads up against a TAG, so I opted against.

Others, should I have capped pre-flop?

[handsome]

You're getting 8:1 on the flop but I don't see any justified reason to call against a possible AA/KK/QQ.

[Stinkybeaver]

since its going heads up I think a cap here would be nice. This doesn't change your read though but it could buy you some folding equity if you continue with aggression.

Afterall this TAG could also be 3-betting: TT, JJ, and perhaps even AQs (besides QQ KK AA) so a cap could still make you take kontrol here.

I'm not all that sure if a cap is good heads up here could anyone pls comment why not to..

[SteveL91]

I think you played it fine. I'd probably cap AKs, but against this particular opponent, I think the call is okay.

[topspin]

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Afterall this TAG could also be 3-betting: TT, JJ, and perhaps even AQs (besides QQ KK AA) so a cap could still make you take kontrol here.

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A good player is not 3-betting an UTG raiser with AQs. Aside from that, suppose that villain does indeed have TT or JJ. Then the only possible board that you could hope for a fold against those hands is Qxx or Jxx where xx=undercards to his PP -- if any other card falls, you're either totally screwed or you want to him keep calling drawing to 2 outs.

(And frankly, HU I don't see either pocket pair folding to just a single overcard, even if you cap PF.)