Raising the turn with unimproved AK

[Noodles]

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The button could literally be on any two here, calling the flop bets doen't me he connected with the flop or has a strong draw.


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ok ok call the turn then

[Guy McSucker]

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If the A and K on the river were bad cards for me then I would have been ahead going into the river unless the SB has specifically x7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] .


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I object to this post for three reasons:

1) You have two opponents.

2) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] would hurt you too. Granted it looks like he doesn't have that, but if we're enumerating the hands he might have that currently beat you and still do when the A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] or K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] falls we must include it.

3) x7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] isn't especially specific now is it?

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To be honest it's just the phrasing that got to me. So Sklansky it hurt.

Guy.

[rory]

I think this play would be OK if it was just you and the SB. The problem is the button is in there with god knows what. Maybe he has the 8 and is slowplaying, or the spades and won't fold or a jack. Good play, good idea. Just wrong spot for it, I think. I don't think the play is terrible, though. It's a good try, just maybe not exactly the right situation for it.

[TMFS9]

I'm really up in the air about the hand and just wanted to post it to see what others thought.

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1) You have two opponents.

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That was one of my at the time reasons for raising. The button was quite loose so while sometimes he will have a hand many times he will not here. But it is quite possible i'm underestimating the times that he has me beat.

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2) A A would hurt you too. Granted it looks like he doesn't have that, but if we're enumerating the hands he might have that currently beat you and still do when the A or K falls we must include it.


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Unlikely enough for me to rule out that a seemingly reasonable player that raises 22% of his hands would not hold AA.

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x7 isn't especially specific now is it?


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x [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]7 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] is a fairly specific holding to me.

Again, I'm not really saying that I like raising this turn just playing the devil's advocate role and wanted to weight the pros and cons. Just curious what would your turn play have been?