AKs in the BB - Standard?

[jacobsta]

Good question. How can AKs have negative implied odds (in a raised pot) ? I guess it depends on whether you are a tighter player, or a LAG. I am speaking now only for tighter players. If you raise preflop, and are a tighter player, people are going to put you on a hand with big cards in it - something like AA, KK, QQ, AK, JJ, something of that sort. So if they see an ace or a king flop, you are likely to get action only when you are either A) Beat or B) Playing with an idiot. Now by all means, if you know that B) is the case with a specific player then you are probably ok raising if you think that player will call. The reason I would call AK in a raised pot a negative implied odds hand is that your opponents are able to better define your hand than you are able to define theirs. This is because you are tight, and you raised in the BB, out of position, indicating a strong hand. Also, you have to realize that your implied odds are almost always greater when YOU have position, since you can control the action, and do things like taking free cards when you are behind and denying them when you are ahead.

So, to recap, I believe that THIS situation with AKs is negative implied odds, in a raised pot, if you are a tighter player because A) Your hand is well defined to the other players and B) You are out of position, in a large pot, which means that, when you hit, it will cost more to find out if you are beat (if you are beat)