AKs and Pushing on flops

[yoadrians]

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FWIW, your push just wreaks of AK. If I had any piece of that board - maybe even a pocket pair - I'd consider calling just because you're not pushing with a made hand here.

AKs is a great starting hand. But when 4 people see a flop, and you don't hit, it's just another losing hand a lot of the time. And that takes a while to get used to.

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ummm. A king hit the flop. He has TPTK...

Pokerscott

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Misread the post. Thanks for the correction.

[DireWolf]

the problem is are you going to fold in this hand? Maybe im too loose, but unless there was some crazy action im probably going to have to call an all in.

[Pokerscott]

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the problem is are you going to fold in this hand? Maybe im too loose, but unless there was some crazy action im probably going to have to call an all in.

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Assuming you CAN'T get a better hand to fold then whether or not you fold to a reraise is irrelevant. Going all in loses everything to a better hand. A smaller bet at least makes it possible for you to get away with a few chips. It also makes it more likely to get a worse hand to call.

The point is you can't make a better hand fold by betting more so you shouldn't do it...

Pokerscott

[PokerSponge]

I think that you are totally correct. I probably would have folded this if I half to two-thirds pot to an all-in and I might still go broke given that still happened with this hand. The all-in does remove further options for sure and if you are beat, he isn't folding.

Thanks again for the comments. I learned a lot from this hand. I used to never do moves like this and I won a lot more, and I can see why now. onward and upward.

[Blarg]

This was an instructive discussion to me, too. Thanks for the effort, guys.