I'm going broke here everytime right? AKs 100NL

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This is what variance really is....not "oh, I lost cause of a bad beat." If villain has me...thats poker. You need to play this aggro, and you took a fine line. Smile when he shows ATo. HAHHAHA.

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Great Point.

You just can't be aggressive if you're always worried about the worst possible scenario.

I remember hearing David Lee Roth say that when he goes fishing, he brings a frying pan and a camera.

[man]

if you want honest answers I don't think it's best to post the results of your hand in the OP. but meh. if this guy had 22, if you're not going broke on the turn you're going broke on the river.

Seems like alot of people here overvalue AK preflop and post flop. I will certainly lose alot on this board as well, but I wouldnt have played for my whole stack. Play for your whole stack when your the one with a set of dueces. With no reads, two pair is not worth losing your entire stack. Thats all I am saying. Bloating the pot up like this makes it impossible to get away from.

I personally would raise more like 4xBB preflop, then half the pot on the flop, then 3/4 on the turn if you put him on a draw. Then if he still calls and a blank comes, put in a good value bet on the river. If he comes over the top on the river he most likely has a slow played monster. AK should not be a losing hand, your doing something wrong obviously.

Also ask yourself what hands call your turn push that you can beat? You dont have enough reads to tell if villian would PF raise with AQ, so that is a possibility. With his range of cards, the only hand that I see him calling here that you have beat is AQ, some sort of monster draw, A6, A2.
I dont think most people are calling A6 or A2 to a preflop raise. You want him to have AQ really. He bet into a PF raiser that showed strength on the flop, that always smells fishy. The way villian played the hand was well because it looked like a good draw and I probably would have put him on a draw and donated my money to him.

[4_2_it]

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Seems like alot of people here overvalue AK preflop and post flop. I will certainly lose alot on this board as well, but I wouldnt have played for my whole stack. Play for your whole stack when your the one with a set of dueces. With no reads, two pair is not worth losing your entire stack. Thats all I am saying. Bloating the pot up like this makes it impossible to get away from.

I personally would raise more like 4xBB preflop, then half the pot on the flop, then 3/4 on the turn if you put him on a draw. Then if he still calls and a blank comes, put in a good value bet on the river. If he comes over the top on the river he most likely has a slow played monster. AK should not be a losing hand, your doing something wrong obviously.

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AK two pair on a non-straight, non-flush board is essentially a set. I'll go to felt with no other Broadway cards out there. I do not think hero overplayed this hand. If he had A2 or K2, then hero would have made a huge mistake.

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Seems like alot of people here overvalue AK preflop and post flop. I will certainly lose alot on this board as well, but I wouldnt have played for my whole stack. Play for your whole stack when your the one with a set of dueces. With no reads, two pair is not worth losing your entire stack. Thats all I am saying. Bloating the pot up like this makes it impossible to get away from.

I personally would raise more like 4xBB preflop, then half the pot on the flop, then 3/4 on the turn if you put him on a draw. Then if he still calls and a blank comes, put in a good value bet on the river. If he comes over the top on the river he most likely has a slow played monster. AK should not be a losing hand, your doing something wrong obviously.

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AK two pair on a non-straight, non-flush board is essentially a set. I'll go to felt with no other Broadway cards out there. I do not think hero overplayed this hand. If he had A2 or K2, then hero would have made a huge mistake.

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I only think the most donkey players would call the turn push without a hand that beats hero.

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I only think the most donkey players would call the turn push without a hand that beats hero.

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Look at villain's stack, he is pot committed and shoudl call with the flush draw.

[Big_Jim]

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I only think the most donkey players would call the turn push without a hand that beats hero.

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Well then I guess it's a good thing that there are lots of super donkeys out there.

To OP: Hand looks perfect, sorry you lost.

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I agree with every1 that hand looks fine.

I think that you could possibly, maybe just call on the turn, but your stack is most probably getting in on the river anyway

gunther, the raise preflop is fine, AK is a good hand, and you should play it as one, dont let people see a flop for cheap. As for betting 1/2 pot on flop, as the others say, that lets opponent draw for too cheap.

OP, unlucky, but take some pleasure in the fact if you also play AA and KK like that on this board your getting all his money those times [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Out of interest, if you were villian in this position..would you be at all scared of AA and KK (baring in mind AK is the only other hand hero can play like this), or is that far too weak?

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Seems like alot of people here overvalue AK preflop and post flop. I will certainly lose alot on this board as well, but I wouldnt have played for my whole stack.

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I like a 3xBB raise with AK as I want AQ, ,AJ and AT to call (and KQ and KJ is possible)..why force out only the hands you dominate?

Pairs are calling anyway..