AKo Preflop - Conventional wisdom is wrong.

[FreakDaddy]

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He's saying that when you have AKo on the button and everyone and their mother limps to you, you shoulden't make an emormous raise to drive everyone out. Make a medium raise that all the hands you dominate will call, and play a multi-way pot where you still have good equity.

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Let's think about what could happen.

0.50-1$ blinds. You are on the button. 7 limpers. 8$ pot.

Scenario 1: You raise to 4$. BB calls with 77. UTG folds. UTG+1 calls with JTs. MP sees a big pot developing and calls with 78s. CO sees a lot of money in the middle, thinks: what the hell, and calls with T8o. This is a 25$ pot against 4 opponents.

Second scenario: you raise to 8$. BB calls with 77, rest folds. This is a 20$ pot against one opponent.

Guess which one gives you most equity?

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I was about to post the numbers... and will if anyone wants them.