i'm not fragile..

[prepotency]

...tell me what you think of this AK line

***** Hand History for Game 2527604216 *****
100/200 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 14799064) - Sat Aug 13 10:48:37 EDT 2005
Table Table 13878 (Real Money) -- Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 2: HERO (1235)
Seat 3: SignOfJon (390)
Seat 5: IrwinLiu (1195)
Seat 6: kosar13 (770)
Seat 7: johngrahm54 (1075)
Seat 8: ben0719111 (1830)
Seat 9: Pictureman (855)
Seat 10: nojokin99 (650)
HERO posts small blind (50)
SignOfJon posts big blind (100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Ah, Kh ]
IrwinLiu folds.
kosar13 raises (200) to 200
johngrahm54 calls (200)
ben0719111 folds.
Pictureman folds.
nojokin99 folds.
HERO raises (375) to 425
SignOfJon folds.
kosar13 folds.
johngrahm54 calls (225)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9h, 3c, 8d ]
prepotency bets (810)
prepotency is all-In.

too fast too early?

[citanul]

this line is terrible.

you should have pushed preflop.

citanul

[prepotency]

Ok but what about chip stack and blind level. Would you have pushed this hand pre-flop or folded it?

[citanul]

uh, i told you what i'd do, i'd push. i don't think that was that unclear in the original post of mine. i don't see why you would assume i didn't take your listed factors into account when making my suggestion.

you've got 1200, there's 550 dead in the pot, and you have AK. so somehow you came up with the idea that putting 1/3<x<1/2 of your stack in the middle preflop so that you're nice and committed to the pot was a good idea? i mean, you do start post flop first to act, so you get to make this sort of stop and go move, but you effectively minimized your folding equity with a hand that you'd honestly prefer they just fold than you have to see a flop under these conditions.

citanul

[raptor517]

[ QUOTE ]
this line is terrible.

you should have pushed preflop.

citanul

[/ QUOTE ]

holla

[UVaHoo]

Why not push preflop here? You have one of the best starting hands in the game, can win quite a bit relative to the other stacksizes even if he calls, and you're ahead preflop of nearly everything he can have. By your small re-raise, you leave yourself very weak for the rest of the tourney if you don't spike a pair/draw (likely) and have to fold to a push.

Your stack is tiny compared to the blinds (as are every else's), so why not take your chance with one of the best possible starting hands? It's the way to give yourself the best chance to win the tourney.

[benza13]

AK here is an autopush for me, as it is most of the time from lvl 4 on. You need to see all 5 cards and there are only 2 hands that really worry you, everything else that calls is a coinflip or you are way ahead.