AK against Captain Insano

[djoyce003]

Stack sizes

Hero - $50
Villain - $250

Villain is like 90/35 and most of the 35 is minraises.

He's got a big stack and i want some of it...hard to make a dent in it with $50 so I'd like to double up as quickly as possible. I've seen him call all ins with suited connectors and small pairs as well as aces as bad as ATs. With that in mind.....

Hero is UTG with A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] K [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

Hero raises to $2.
2 folds.
Button Calls.
Villain (SB) raises to $3.50
BB calls
Hero pushes.
Button Folds
Villain Calls
BB folds


Like it, hate it?

[beavens]

i like it - even bad players get good hands, but with someone that plays that many hands (and also only minraisses) i think you're definitely the favorite right now.

as i'm impatient, could you plz PM the results? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[GrunchCan]

I don't like it becasue you're just going to force the opponent to fold so often when you have the best hand. If you call you induce further action from Captain Insano.

Edit: and I don't think I like the quick reply feature, as it didn't reply to the right post.

[Kyriefurro]

I'd like it a lot better with a big PP, AA-TT.

AK is a coin-flip against any PP, all the way down to 22. On the other hand you've got anything else you think he's likely to call with badly dominated. In this case you DON'T want him to fold, so the fold equity you're getting out of this move is irrelevant.

All said, this play is a gamble. As long as you're happy with that, then I guess it's fine.

[xorbie]

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as i'm impatient, could you plz PM the results? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Villain had red AA board came 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] and hero had it in the bag with the A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] but 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] falls for the split. Bad beat.

[djoyce003]

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I don't like it becasue you're just going to force the opponent to fold so often when you have the best hand. If you call you induce further action from Captain Insano.

Edit: and I don't think I like the quick reply feature, as it didn't reply to the right post.

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Well we know he'll call with bad hands, and I should have put this in the original post but he isn't a complete idiot post flop....he's definitely crazy preflop and willing to gamble but if he has something like JJ and an ace flops and I start betting, he's going to fold.

[djoyce003]

LOL...not quite xorbie....way off.

[beavens]

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as i'm impatient, could you plz PM the results? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Villain had red AA board came 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] and hero had it in the bag with the A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] but 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] falls for the split. Bad beat.

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ahh.. i feel so unsatisfied.

[Andrew Fletcher]

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All said, this play is a gamble. As long as you're happy with that, then I guess it's fine.

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AK is only a strong hand for it's fold equity. If you're trying to get his stack, pushing with AK is pretty -EV. Like the other commenter, I'd like it a lot more with TT-AA. This looks like a classic case of overplaying AK PF.

[Guin]

Hopefully you have him dominated here with him holding k10o or some other similar hand. I like the play because you had a goal and got it done... I am sure if you lose this hand you reload and go do it again... the question is how many times are you willing to keep this type of pressure on this guy?

Or is this a quick double up and then tighten up and play solid poker strategy? It should help your table image as well as a mini Captain Insano.

Guin