Re: $22: Abandoning AKo at 10/15 in early position
[ QUOTE ]
Misread it. 65-80.
[/ QUOTE ]
Since you're talking about $22 tournaments and 10/15 blinds, I'm guessing that you're working with Party structure. In that case, I think open raising from early position for 65-80 is too much. I know that you're trying to get as few opponents as possible so that you can manage flops where you whiff. But as you noted, even heads up it's difficult to control things out of position. I usually raise less (3BB + 1 BB/limper in front of me). If I get 2+ callers I'm happy playing AK for TPTK value and running away from missed flops. If I get one caller I am much happier c-betting since the pot will be much smaller than if I had raised more.
Against poor opponents ($22 tourneys on Party qualify) my feeling is that the bulk of the value of AK is that you can stack off ALL weaker aces when and A hits. You can achieve this without large preflop raises.
|