Re: $15+1 turbo - AKo vs raise and call
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AK is my nemesis. The times I push and lose have to be equal to the times I call and miss flop. When I miss flop I am still alive to keep playing. AK is worse than 22, yet treated like AA-QQ... I don't know... can't figure out how to play AK early at early levels... I had a recent stretch were 10 out of 20 games were lost w/ AK
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i disagree. AK is not worse than 22. heads up, the two hands vs. each other, sure 22 is the favourite but i'd still rather have AK. If you push with AK and get called there's only 2 hands you don't want to see (AA and KK) and you're not even in horrible shape against KK. other hands that call are either a flip, or you have dominated.
on the other hand, if you push with 22 and get called you are a coinflip at best unless some donk calls you with exactly A2.
you can't really call with 22 either because you know you're either in serious trouble or a flip. with AK you can decide if you feel like gambling
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