getting all the money in PF with AK

dark_horse · #1 07-06-2005, 03:01 PM

is there ever a time when it's appropriate to do this? AK plays itself in a limit game but in NL i'm a bit confused. i've played a few pots on the PP NL50 tables where it wasn't clear to me what the correct action was with my AK. here are those pots. interestingly, i was in the SB both times. flame away if i've made some horrible mistakes..

hand 1

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Hero ($41)
BB ($72.85)
UTG ($40.79)
UTG+1 ($26.1)
MP1 ($72.1)
MP2 ($13.2)
MP3 ($32.3)
CO ($49.25)
Button ($93.9)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. Hero posts a blind of $0.25.
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.50, 1 fold, MP2 raises to $1, MP3 calls $1, CO calls $1, 1 fold, Hero (poster) raises to $9.75, 1 fold, UTG+1 calls $25.60 (All-In), MP2 calls $12.20 (All-In), MP3 folds, CO folds, Hero calls $16.10.

Final Pot: $67.90

hand 2

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CO ($33.05)
Button ($64.65)
Hero ($30.75)
BB ($26.1)
UTG ($53)
UTG+1 ($48)
UTG+2 ($64.2)
MP1 ($64.35)
MP2 ($66.1)
MP3 ($34.95)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. Hero posts a blind of $0.25.
3 folds, MP1 calls $0.50, 1 fold, MP3 calls $0.50, CO raises to $2.75, 1 fold, Hero (poster) calls $2.50, BB calls $25.60 (All-In), MP1 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Hero calls $23.35.

Final Pot: $55.95

my first instinct tells me my call in hand 1 was correct, while my call in hand 2 was a pure gamble, hoping for a coinflip at best. but i was getting better than 1:1 odds on the second hand, so wasn't the call correct if i was sure my opponent didn't have AA or KK?

thanks for advice on this ridiculously simple concept.