Re: 109: early AK hand
I was chatting with wuwei via IM when this hand occurred. I don't think you mentioned the 3 hearts tho.
The one thing about this hand I didn't like, is the way our hero played the turn. There hasn't been much discussion on the turn play. Irieguy has touched on it a little here. What are the benefits of keeping the pot small here, now on the turn?
Also, regarding the preflop read. I think it helps a lot to think about the preflop reraise, and the subsequent flop check to get a sense for what hand range you think can play it this way. Our villain made a raise that wanted to be called. What hand ranges (normally) would you put villain on for that kind of move?
With that in mind, I think a case could be made that our hero is only beating KK, AJ. Splitting with another AK, and losing to AA, QQ, AQ. Is my hand range too narrow? If not, maybe this is a good fold???
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