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				 Playing AK or AKs
				
					
						I'm looking for some tips on how to play AK.  I use PT and am consistently losing w/AK.  After 5000 hands, I am -1.55BB/100 AKs and -.83BB/100 AKos.  I raise it up 5-6x BB pre flop ($25 NL tables) and usually get 1-2 callers.   I will hit it with a pot sized bet if I get my flop (A or K) and then usually fold if I get re-raised and smell a set.   If someone bets out,  i will raise them and see what happens.  Again, if re-raised I usually fold unless the player is a donk which in that case he usually is holding A-rag or K-rag and thinks his hand is good.  I've taken a few stacks and also lost a few (bad read--thought the guy was a donk so I called and he had a set once).  But, after reviewing my HH,  I've lost many showdowns because somebody hit 2pr on me, obviously with a vastly inferior hand (JT, KQ, T8....)--sucking out on the turn or river.    Again, I don't make draws cheap and make sure they don't have the pot odds to draw on me  but they always seem to do it.  So, any tips?
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