I still have trouble playing AK from blinds

[RiverFenix]

Comments on all streets, most important is river - is this an autobet?
All you need to know is that the short stack is aggro and i was hoping to get it HU with him and stack him. When they both called his raise I decided to go for a bigger payoff if flop is favorable. Comments on that thinking too.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 max, 6 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Button ($67.39)
Hero ($107)
BB ($29.95)
UTG ($33)
MP ($217.43)
CO ($168.26)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K/images/graemlins/spade.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif. Hero posts a blind of $0.50.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP calls $1, CO calls $1, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero (poster) completes, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to $2</font>, MP calls $2, CO calls $2, Hero calls $2.

Flop: ($12) 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, MP checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets $6</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $20</font>, BB folds, MP folds, CO calls $14.

Turn: ($52) T/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $40</font>, CO calls $40.

River: ($132) K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, CO checks.

Final Pot: $132

[yvesaint]

I almost always raise this pre-flop. I rarely, if ever, want to play AKs in a multi-way pot OOP.

Also, check-raise on the flop is bad. You have TPTK - I'd rather bet out here, see what happens, and probably either be betting 1/2 pot on the turn, or check-calling, depending on reads, who do I think is on a flush draw, etc.

[JeanieJ]

Your call preflop is bad. Just limping and calling a raise may keep your hand hidden (somewhat) but you're also making it cheap for you to lose to a weaker hand.

If anything, I'm checking the turn and calling a medium to small sized bet on the river. You've got most of your stack in there anyway.

I think if you would've played this better preflop it would make your post flop play easier.

Just my thoughts

[ryanghall]

I'd raise this to about $6 preflop in full ring a lot of the time. I'd certainly raise it in 6 max.

Ryan

[j0wlev]

You need to get hyper aggresive here, pre-flop. 4 callers of 2 from the PFR in the BB. Stealing this pot pre-flop is optimal, and a big bet will almost get it heads-up with either a worst hand or a mid pair. The stacks are deep enough to find out if AA or KK is out there.

Make it 20 to go pre-flop, fold to a BB push, I might call a limp/call push as it is probably someone with KQs or a mid-small pair. If you get called, push any flop you hit.

[RiverFenix]

Perhaps i wasnt clear enough. I pretty much always raise AK but since BB is aggro, i was expecting him to raise. When he had two callers I switched up my plan to reraise him for his stack and decided to play it multiway.

[RiverFenix]

Looking for comments on the river. Is this an insta-push situation?

[wdeadwyler]

no