AKo in the small blind

[Chris Daddy Cool]

UB 1/2 200 max NL hold'em

second hand of the table, just sat down zero reads.
3 limpers. 1 has me covered. another about the same. the other has about 150.

i'm in the small blind with AKo. and i complete.

flame away.

[Raiser]

[ QUOTE ]
UB 1/2 200 max NL hold'em

second hand of the table, just sat down zero reads.
3 limpers. 1 has me covered. another about the same. the other has about 150.

i'm in the small blind with AKo. and i complete.

flame away.

[/ QUOTE ]

Hey Daddy. I call here about half of the time and raise it up big the other half. I hate playing AK or AQ out of position so if there are a lot of limpers I will usually make a good sized raise. If only 1 or 2 limpers I will call and hope to take a lot of money off of some crappy Ace.

[ginko]

I don't think its good or bad. You have the chance to steal, but are out of position with a hand 30% to hit.

Completing isn't bad because you are hiding your strength and you have a chance to outkick somebody, but at the same time are letting crap hands draw for too cheap.

[FeelGoodAboutHood]

Out of position, I like it alot.

The more I play, the more and more it seems like AK isn't what it once was.

[DMBFan23]

you're in the absolute worst position for the rest of the hand, and if you miss you're screwed.

me like.

[edtost]

after looking at why i was losing so much with ak, i stopped raising it in ep. result: winrate moving in a positive general direction. you play g00t.

[ryanghall]

I have to disagree with the other posters.

I used to limp AKo out of position. I did have positive results. However, since I've begun to raise it my results have improved. A lot of times you will take down the pot preflop, which is good. As well, AQ and often AJ will still call you, which is also good. You likely have the best hand and you should want to get money in the pot. You also don't want A8 or a like hand to hit 2 pairs on you and take a good portion of your stack.

Also, DON'T BLUFF IF YOU MISS.

Raise it up good, around 5x BB.

Ryan

[BobboFitos]

yeah... Those advocating a completion, thats fine. It's not bad, parsay. I think raising is slightly better though.

[amoeba]

I agree with everything except the don't bluff if you miss part.

now, you shouldn't bluff every hand that you miss with AK but you gotta bet out the flop sometimes.

[fimbulwinter]

Early in a session with no reads I feel this is by far the best play.

There's a reason NL players don't like AK. Give me a table full of weakies here and then we'll talk flame.

oh yeah, obviously you're checkraising the flop when you hit...right?

fim