Re: 5/10 AK
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Yeah, I definitely like the flop raise, it's a 16SB pot and you are going to call one bet definitely so why not invest another SB to fold out small PP or Gut shots?
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Gut shots are still getting odds to call. And why do you care about small PP's? Yes they have odds to draw on the flop if we smooth call, but we haven't even hit the board yet! Why are we trying to protect vs some long shot draw rather than try and hit our own draw for cheap? Let 33 and 44 draw here, it's extra bets in the pot.
If we catch something on the turn, we have good position on the aggressor and can raise and put the field to a 2BB call. This is where we want to get rid of the draws. Typically, this would have been checked to us on the turn (his stop n go is certainly not expected) and now we're putting people to a 1BB decision in a huge pot. Now that we want to try and shake off the gutshots and small PP's, we don't even have that option!
Also, I don't think we get rid of AK for 2 bets on the flop. They're getting 1:10+ to call with what they probably figure to be 3 or 4 outs and huge implied odds.
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