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Old 10-18-2005, 03:55 PM
Isura Isura is offline
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Default Re: Pushing AK Preflop

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I cant ever rationalize pushing AK pf without having tournament chips in front of me. Something about the fact that I will almost always have a better spot to stack them later just makes me not want to do it.

Is this weak-tight?

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That's what I'm trying to find out. I haven't seen a good, mathematically based coherant argument that pushing is bad.

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One can do the EV calculation...

1) WHat % of hands he raises to $25 folds to a push?
2) What range of hands does he call a push with.

Then do the trivial calculation using pokerstove and a hand calculator.

I think the % in 1) is very low. And the range in 2) is not as tight as you would think. Try out some combinations and see the results. The answer might be illuminating.
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