Playing AK in level 1. Any comments appreciated.

nWirb · #1 04-19-2005, 05:33 PM

All the hands are played with no reads @ 22s.

Hand 1:
Pretty strangely played hand, I didn't want to invest alot of my stack here with a drawing hand knowing I would probably get a alot of calls from small pp's, suited connectors etc.

Should I raise more on the turn here? I felt I was way ahead here and no obvious draws on the board, so I wanted to get some value on the turn from weaker hands.

I was a bit scared of that T on the river, should I value bet here?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (9 handed) converter

MP1 (t365)
MP2 (t1135)
MP3 (t770)
CO (t835)
Button (t1430)
SB (t785)
Hero (t740)
UTG (t1805)
UTG+1 (t135)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls t15, UTG+1 calls t15, 2 folds, MP3 calls t15, CO calls t15, 1 fold, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t90) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (6 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, MP3 checks, CO checks.

Turn: (t90) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (6 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t40, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls t40, MP3 folds, CO raises to t80, SB folds, Hero raises to t200, UTG+1 calls t80 (All-In), CO calls t120.

River: (t610) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players, 1 all-in)
Hero checks, CO checks.

Final Pot: t610

Results in white below: 
Hero has Ks As (two pair, kings and tens).
UTG+1 has Ac 7h (one pair, tens).
CO has 9h Kh (two pair, kings and tens).
Outcome: Hero wins t610. 
Hand 2:
Here I played AKs a bit faster, but it ended up backfiring on me.
Check on turn here? Raise more?
I didn't want to just give up when I had raised limpers that checked to me on the flop.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (7 handed) converter

MP1 (t705)
MP2 (t835)
CO (t760)
Button (t925)
SB (t1710)
Hero (t725)
UTG (t2340)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
1 fold, MP1 calls t15, MP2 calls t15, 1 fold, Button calls t15, SB completes, Hero raises to t120, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, Button calls t105, SB calls t105.

Flop: (t390) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t150, Button folds, SB raises to t700, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t1240

Hand 3:
I didn't quite know what to make of the small reraise, but I thought I had a shot at taking down the pot without a SD and a good chance at winning it against one caller.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (9 handed) converter

UTG (t700)
UTG+1 (t755)
Hero (t435)
MP2 (t2120)
MP3 (t635)
CO (t325)
Button (t1345)
SB (t855)
BB (t830)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls t15, 1 fold, Hero raises to t45, MP2 raises to t75, MP3 calls t75, CO calls t75, 3 folds, UTG folds, Hero raises to t425, MP2 calls t350, MP3 folds, CO calls t250 (All-In).

Flop: (t1290) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players, 1 all-in)
Hero bets t10 (All-In), MP2 calls t10.

Turn: (t1310) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t1310) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: t1310

Results in white below: 
Hero has Ah Kd (high card, ace).
MP2 has 5c 5h (one pair, fives).
CO has 6s 6c (three of a kind, sixes).
Outcome: CO wins t1090. MP2 wins t220.

nWirb · #2 04-20-2005, 05:23 PM

Anyone?

PancakeBoy · #3 04-20-2005, 06:23 PM

I like hand1.

hand 2 - i treat AK really lightly pf at the early levels, i dont like raising pf; just check , bet if u hit tptk and make good judgement if u get resisted.

hand3 - i think i like the all in here; gotta get back in tourney otherwise ur 400 stack is gonna die soon even as quickly as level 3.