AK is the nuts

[n1bd]

Here are two recent hands where I put all my chips in with AKo preflop.


5/10 6-max. My first hand at the table. I have 1000 and everyone has me covered except UTG who has 960.

I post 10 in the cutoff. UTG limps, MP raises to 30, I call, Button calls, blinds fold, UTG raises to 70, MP calls, I raise all in.

I have never played with UTG or MP before. I have played with Button a bit; he's 23/8 and seems to play straightforwardly.


6-handed 2/4 home game. UTG posts a live straddle of 8. He has about 530 and I have him covered.

I open in the cutoff for 32, straddle makes it 100, I make it 300, he goes all in for 230 more, I auto-call.

This is the first straddle in several hours.

I have been raising more often than I typically would preflop and haven't shown many of those hands.

My opponent is a solid NL pro, but he plays a little looser and wilder at home for fun ("it's fun to bust each other"). His reraise here could be AK TT-AA, AQ sometimes, maybe AJs, maybe even as low as AJ 99 if he thinks I'm making a play but I doubt it. He does not reraise from the blinds often. He gives me too much respect in general, but will take advantage of my preflop tightness by stealing if I have shown weakness (this is usually just if I limp, and on rare occasion if I raise in steal position).