AK fold...but the flop was so pretty

[freemoney]

i raise to some obviously committing number then push any flop, you actually get some FE, make it like 400 and push any flop.

[gildwulf]

K, I will push reraise AK from now on and see how that goes...thanks for the input.

[donny5k]

How is this better than just pushing?

[pergesu]

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You are right that a lot of people are donks at the beginning...but more often than not these people are instacalling with low-mid pocketpair where you would be a slight dog...

Also, what about Sklanksy's point in TPFAP that in tourneys you should wait out marginal EV situations for all your chips until a better one comes along?

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They'll be instacalling with A4s too.

[gildwulf]

Yea I just thought of that after I posted.

[pergesu]

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i raise to some obviously committing number then push any flop, you actually get some FE, make it like 400 and push any flop.

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I'd rather just push. These guys don't think a raise commits you...and when the flop comes Q84, you get pwned by his Q9o. I'd much rather get my money in as a favorite than hope the other guy misses a flop. Plus they'll fold to a big preflop raise really often anyway, so you usually just pick up the pot.

[Slim Pickens]

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Also, what about Sklanksy's point in TPFAP that in tourneys you should wait out marginal EV situations for all your chips until a better one comes along? That is what I mean by pulling a move like this early in the tourney...

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Read Sklansky's section in TPFAP on playing AK. I was about to make the "push" argument, but that's been taken care of in more competent fashion now anyway.

SlimP

[gildwulf]

???????????????

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) converter

SB (t795)
BB (t1125)
UTG (t710)
UTG+1 (t775)
UTG+2 (t675)
MP1 (t755)
MP2 (t720)
MP3 (t820)
Hero (t775)
Button (t850)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls t15, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+2 calls t15, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP3 calls t15, Hero raises all-in, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, UTG+2 folds, MP3 folds.

Final Pot: t67.50

[lastchance]

zzzz... You know this sucks. Pop it to t100 and go from there.

[junkmail3]

This hand has no similarities with your original hand. (Just pointing this out because you linked here in another post)