AK Help

[Vitaliy]

First - I'm struggling with AK too. But here is what I think about this hand: he limped from UTG, flop is 55K is one of the best flops I can imagine for AK. I'd be aggressive on the flop and respond to his reraise on the flop with a push. KQ and KJ are likely holdings...

[4_2_it]

You already figured this one out: It's raise or fold on the flop. With no reads I can make a compelling argument for either. I usually pop it back to about $20 and fold if he comes back over the top.

[Maulik]

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You already figured this one out: It's raise or fold on the flop. With no reads I can make a compelling argument for either. I usually pop it back to about $20 and fold if he comes back over the top.

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Hmm, I think re-raising double isn't good. Furthermore, I don't think most villains would shove it all-in on the flop if they had the five. They'd get it in on the turn and at which point it would be incorrect to fold.

[4_2_it]

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You already figured this one out: It's raise or fold on the flop. With no reads I can make a compelling argument for either. I usually pop it back to about $20 and fold if he comes back over the top.

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Hmm, I think re-raising double isn't good. Furthermore, I don't think most villains would shove it all-in on the flop if they had the five. They'd get it in on the turn and at which point it would be incorrect to fold.

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If he's limping UTG with a 5 and then calling raises I like my chances of getting my money back with interest [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

That's why I don't mind staying aggressive. I think you can play this hand just like you would play AA and you aren't folding AA to a raise here.

[Vitaliy]

Reverse roles. Imagine how would you play this hand from the other side. You attempted to limp with KT-KQ suited. Somebody raised, you decided to call (for whatever reasons). Now flop comes 55K. Do you think check-raise is possible at these limits? After checking would you raise with these hands when somebody bets into you? Pot size bet might be lower pair - JJ/TT or simply CB and min-raise might give you some information about your opponent's hand.

My question is - if you don't try to win this flop with AK, what kind of flop do you need to be aggressive in shorthanded game?

[Maulik]

Vitality,

I'm not re-raising to disguise my hand here. I'm not folding it, I'm not under the impression I'm behind. Unfortunately, my post does not illustrate this, I'm not folding, not sure I wrote what i wrote.

Ooops.

[Vitaliy]

I'm not sure that I understood this.
My read is: you are trying to bluff me out from this thread. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]