How much do you bet here?

[citanul]

i'm raising this much when i think that it's much more likely to make the blinds and the limper fold. that's a table conditions thing.

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[jb9]

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Are you saying you go all in on the flop with an unimproved AKo at a full table at level 2?

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If I only have one caller, definitely. Pot will be ~300 at that point and I don't have much more than that left in my stack. If there are more callers or someone makes a big bet first, probably not.

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Interesting.

I admit I'm not comfortable being this aggressive this early with AK when I still have 20+ big bets (15+ big bets after the preflop raise).

It is a tough spot though, because if you play the hand strongly (but without going all in) and don't win the pot, you are going to be low on chips when the blinds go up...

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t150 is a bit aggro here I think. There's only one limper and the reason you raise with AK is to get it heads up. I can see where Scuba is coming from with t90, because it should be enough to fold the blinds. However, you also raise so that anyone calling with a lesser A is charged the most, so I'm not sure t90 is enough to achieve that goal, unless you feel comfortable they'll call a lot of bets post-flop with Axx on the board.

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Thanks for mentioning the reasons behind your bet -- much better than spouting a rule of thumb. I wonder: is the objective to get specifically heads up, or are you content if everyone folds to your raise? I tend to think that you want some action with your AK's at the early levels, so you are hoping that one player will come along.

As an aside, I do think players will often bet (or call) with lesser aces on an Axx flop.