AKo - UTG - need a better line

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Hero ($24)
UTG+1 ($26.05)
MP1 ($6.95)
MP2 ($25)
CO ($26.45)
Button (Villain)/ ($16.90)
SB ($10.15)
BB ($27.20)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A/images/graemlins/club.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $0.75</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, CO calls $0.75, Button (Villain)/ calls $0.75, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

Flop: ($2.60) T/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif, J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, CO checks, <font color="#CC3333">Villain bets $0.75</font>, Hero calls $0.75, CO folds.

Turn: ($4.10) A/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Villain bets $1</font>, Hero calls $1.

River: ($6.10) 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $6</font>, Villain folds.

Final Pot: $12.10

so....

this came up earlier today - not long afterwards I read the cardplayer article on earning extra cash by pushing all in preflop with AK. AKo is one of my top 5 losing hands ATM and I think the above hand may be an example of why.

Looking at this hand now I don't like my river bet - would a half pot bet be better here to extract more value?

I seem to get myself into all sorts of trouble OOP playing hands like this. Should I be raising more than 3xBB UTG?

new at this table so sadly no real reads.

[PoBoy321]

Raise more pre-flop, make it $1.25, that's a standard raise. Then CB the flop, bet the flop, bet the river.

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Raise more pre-flop, make it $1.25, that's a standard raise. Then CB the flop, bet the flop, bet the river.

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so I raise $1.25 PF - same action and the flop comes 9TJ.


3 players pot $4.10

I bet $3 - CO folds - Villain min-raises to $6 - now what?


I have a backdoor flush draw (1 out)
gutshot straight draw (4 outs)
2 Overcards (6 outs)

is this enough outs to draw to considering how co-ordinated this flop is? as if villain has a made straight here I might be drawing to only 4 outs???

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so I raise $1.25 PF - same action and the flop comes 9TJ.


3 players pot $4.10

I bet $3 - CO folds - Villain min-raises to $6 - now what?


I have a backdoor flush draw (1 out)
gutshot straight draw (4 outs)
2 Overcards (6 outs)

is this enough outs to draw to considering how co-ordinated this flop is? as if villain has a made straight here I might be drawing to only 4 outs???

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This is an easy fold. You are drawing thin to dead and it will cost you another bet to get to the river. AK is a great hand pre-flop, but it loses value quickly on coordinated flops that get raised.

[EMcWilliams]

Will you feel comfortable playing for a lolt of your chips with TPTK on a AJT9 board. Realistically all you are beating that called you pf is KJ, AQ, or a low pp, but they would minraise you. Raise more preflop, fire out a 1/2 pot CB, and fold to any more of his aggresion. While I wouldnt have called on the flop, you need to call on the turn there. River I bet less to induce a call. You check called after raising pf for 2 streets, and fire when 4 spades arrive, and fire hard in that. Unlikely call there.

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so I raise $1.25 PF - same action..

I bet $3 - CO folds - Villain min-raises to $6 - now what?



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This is an easy fold.

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OK then.


3 players pot $4.10

I bet $3 - CO folds - Villain calls $3

Turn: ($10.10) A/images/graemlins/spade.gif [T/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif, J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif]

now what?

I have TPTK tho I'm guessing Villain has a straight or is drawing to one.

I have a nut flush draw (9 outs)
gutshot draw (4 outs)

I think I'd bet 3/4 of pot here - tho do I call a push from villain on this turn?

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so I raise $1.25 PF - same action..

I bet $3 - CO folds - Villain min-raises to $6 - now what?



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This is an easy fold.

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OK then.


3 players pot $4.10

I bet $3 - CO folds - Villain calls $3

Turn: ($10.10) A/images/graemlins/spade.gif [T/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif, J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif]

now what?

I have TPTK tho I'm guessing Villain has a straight or is drawing to one.

I have a nut flush draw (9 outs)
gutshot draw (4 outs)

I think I'd bet 3/4 of pot here - tho do I call a push from villain on this turn?

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Since villain is a short stack (after your 3/4 pot bet) then yes I would call in this situation because you are getting better than 3-1 on your money and you are about better than 4-1 to make your draw without factoring in whether you are already ahead and whether a K is an out.

I never want to play a large pot with TPTK OOP (unfortunately it's one of the hardest hands to play right). If you both had $40-$50 behind and he pushed the turn, I would fold in a heartbeat.