AKo hand

[milesdyson]

MP's stats were like 18/15 but only over ~30 hands. i have not yet seen him go to showdown. basically looks like so far he's been raising preflop, betting, and getting people to fold. my questions:

0: should i have capped preflop? (in position i like to, but often i won't cap out of position against a "good" player)
1. should i have bet the flop?
2. should i have 3-bet the turn?
3. should i have checked the river?
4. am i retarded? (the answer to this is easy)

Absolute Poker 1/2 Hold'em (5 handed)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP 3-bets</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Hero calls.

Flop: (7.50 SB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP calls.

Turn: (4.75 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, MP calls.

River: (9.75 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 11.75 BB

[KaiShin]

Whee my first post after an extended absence from online poker. This should be fun.

0. Even out of position I would cap this, its not established that he is a solid player yet.

1. Yes.

2. At this point you're looking at either a monster or a bluff-raise. Given that you did not cap preflop he's probably more likely to think the flop missed you, so I think he would raise with hands you beat like JJ-KK, AT-AQ. The only hand I can see beating you at this point is 88, so yes I like the 3-bet.

3. I would have fired again on the river. If he raised, I'd likely call.

Man i hope i'm not too rusty.

[MrWookie47]

Welcome back, Kaishin!

And no, I don't cap preflop, and yes, I definitely 3bet this turn.

[KaiShin]

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Welcome back, Kaishin!

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Thank you [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[El Ishmael]

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And no, I don't cap preflop,

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wtf?

[MrWookie47]

We're OOP. He's quite tight, espeically by 6 max standards. He's probably positionally aware, and he's in MP, nto button or a blind (especially SB). I don't think we're a big enough favorite against his range, especially OOP, to want to cap. There are a lot of players I will cap this against, and if there was a moran who called 3 cold in the pot paying me off, too, I'd be more inclined to cap.

[El Ishmael]

Dude the read is over 30 hands. We can't base much off it. I think we're missing out on too much value here. Of course I can see switching it up a bit but I think capping needs to be the main play here. Too good a hand for a 5-handed game.

[thesharpie]

Interesting, I suspected we're a small favorite so I fired up pokerstove and got shocked. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

1,417,787,712 games 1.982 secs 715,331,842 games/sec

Board:
Dead:

equity (%) win (%) / tie (%)

Hand 1: 50.1287 % [ 00.43 00.07 ] { AA-77, AKs-AJs, KQs, AKo-AQo }
Hand 2: 49.8713 % [ 00.43 00.07 ] { AKo }

[LoaferGee12]

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We're OOP. He's quite tight, espeically by 6 max standards. He's probably positionally aware, and he's in MP, nto button or a blind (especially SB). I don't think we're a big enough favorite against his range, especially OOP, to want to cap. There are a lot of players I will cap this against, and if there was a moran who called 3 cold in the pot paying me off, too, I'd be more inclined to cap.

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15% raise is decently high for 6-max. If you aren't capping this preflop, are you going to showdown on a rags flop?

[jaxUp]

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And no, I don't cap preflop,

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wtf?

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oop vs a good player we have a diverse enough arsenal of plays that we can play just about any flop. However, capping preflop takes away some of our plays.