AKs in SB (10/15) faces big raise

[Big Limpin']

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) converter


Button (t800)
Hero (t800)
BB (t800)
UTG (t800)
UTG+1 (t800)
UTG+2 (t800)
MP1 (t800)
MP2 (t800)
MP3 (t800)
CO (t800)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to t150</font>, <font color="#666666">6 folds</font>.

Final Pot: t175


I'm not sure why i folded. I thought for like 10 seconds. Im @ t790. I've obviously has this exact same situtation many times before, im sure i played them all. Dunno why this was different. Maybe cause i havent had a drink yet.


I wouldnt call this. Its to be pushed. Was my fold in any way excusable? Justified?

Discuss/flame.

[curtains]

I fold here.

[jgunnip]

I just sorta did the same thing. There was an all-in by a short stack that had just lost most of his stack (he had ~275) and then a min-raise from the next person. I have AKs in CO with my starting stack. I thought meh, that's QQ-AA min-raising there so I folded. ack pushers T7s lost to AKo [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] stupid me, stupid stupid me.

[BradleyT]

If you push you have to watch the hand unfold out of position.

[lastchance]

Hero takes t165, or gets to see KQ and AJ. POOSH.

[Big Limpin']

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If you push you have to watch the hand unfold out of position.

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[NYCNative]

Push. 50% chance you win and coast to the money thanks to the early double. 50% chance you start another tourney.

Actually, you might not even be in a coin flip. He could have AQ... Wouldn't surprise me based on the buy-in...

[Freudian]

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Push. 50% chance you win and coast to the money thanks to the early double. 50% chance you start another tourney.

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I hope you realize that you don't even beat the rake when you take 50/50 hands in level 1.

[NYCNative]

Actually I call it at the levels I play because of the times it's NOT a coin flip. If it's no WORSE than a flip and you're a huge favorite even 15% of the time, it's acceptable.

[swarm]

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Actually I call it at the levels I play because of the times it's NOT a coin flip. If it's no WORSE than a flip and you're a huge favorite even 15% of the time, it's acceptable.

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Your overplaying AK, I don't know what levels you are playing but getting all in with AK when you are a dog to any pocket pair and dominated by KK and AA is a losing proposition over the long haul, especially at higher levels.

I make a killing off of the AK pushers... Why get involved in a coin flip when you are most likely at best a small dog?

There are so many more double up opportunities to be had when you are still in level 1. The main goal should to at the minimum get to 4-5 handed bubble play with a healthy enough stack to blind steal. Having a big stack isn't necessary. Get to the bubble enough and all the % work out with an aggressive blind stealing strategy to be a very profitable player.

Being a big stack is great but Good players shouldn't need to get into coin flips situations in the early levels. Great players get doubled up when they have a huge advantage early on.