AK early

11t · #1 05-13-2005, 03:27 PM

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) converter

Hero (t1500)
MP2 (t2220)
MP3 (t1320)
CO (t1390)
Button (t1510)
SB (t1620)
BB (t1280)
UTG (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1160)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t60, Hero raises to t180, 6 folds, UTG+1 raises to t1160, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t1385

treeofwisdom7 · #2 05-27-2005, 05:54 AM

its AK maybe its worth folding but if it was AKs i would push everyday of the week

NYCNative · #3 05-27-2005, 06:09 AM

What's the buy-in? At the 11s I call and almost always am in a coin flip against a small PP - 10s and Jacks usually.

yid3655 · #4 05-27-2005, 06:16 AM

So really you shouldnt be calling 50/50 shots

In my experience you can get called by virtually any hand in the $10's early on

NYCNative · #5 05-27-2005, 06:20 AM

Yeah, it's early to be in a coin flip, I agree. But I just hate laying down hands against donks. But yeah, I probably grit my teeth and fold.

KJ o · #6 05-27-2005, 06:31 AM

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So really you shouldnt be calling 50/50 shots

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It's a coinflip but since there are some money in the pot already your payoff is bigger.

45suited · #7 05-27-2005, 11:22 AM

If we didn't all think that our opponents were terrible, I think that this would be a pretty easy fold. What are you ahead of here? Are you hoping that a terrible player is pushing with AQ? I hate CALLING off that big of a reraise with AK early. It seems to me that the reason given for doing this (our opponents are bad) is the very reason why I fold here. I can outplay them later. No reason to call off most off my stack in what is, best case scenario, a coin flip. Not enough dead money to justify this IMO.

Nathan183 · #8 05-27-2005, 11:46 AM

I don't think a coin flip is the best case scenario. At this level, there are players that will not only push AQ, but A5, KQ, etc.