Ever in a position not to reraise with AK?

[rvg72]

If he was a known good player I'd probably call - otherwise I'd put him on a middle pair due to the size of the raise (it seems like he wants to take the pot right there) and push to either scare him out of the pot, have a huge edge if he shows AQ or AJ or a small dog if he plays his pocket pair.

Does this seem like a reasonable way to play this in a $20? I find I'm able to double up on some ridiculous calls both before and after the flop in the first 2 levels of these things.

rvg

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If he was a known good player I'd probably call - otherwise I'd put him on a middle pair due to the size of the raise (it seems like he wants to take the pot right there) and push to either scare him out of the pot, have a huge edge if he shows AQ or AJ or a small dog if he plays his pocket pair.

Does this seem like a reasonable way to play this in a $20? I find I'm able to double up on some ridiculous calls both before and after the flop in the first 2 levels of these things.

rvg

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I always do this play in the $20's, but it's not uncommon for someone with 44-99 to call. Had a situation the other day where UTG (complete donk) with blinds at 25/50 and 7 players left raised to 250. It screamed mid pp, or AK. But I had AKs, and pushed him for the rest of his stack (he had 800 behind) hoping he would fold. He called with 88, I lost.

Then he laughed at me for pushing with a drawing hand. I don't push AK in these situations to race, I push so a decent player who's not desperate will fold mid pp's, and a bad player will call with Ax and other hands I dominate. But at the $20's, you will be racing with mid pp's a decent amount of time because people don't like laying these down to one all in (or even 2-3 all-ins sometimes).

[citanul]

curtains,

good god i hope you're right. this is a very clear all in.

citanul