AK in SB

PokerStars Game #5016137770: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2006/05/22 - 08:03:21 (ET)
Table 'Polites' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: emark ($2.80 in chips)
Seat 2: broncos 75 ($7.10 in chips)
Seat 4: TripleOptics ($9.90 in chips)
Seat 5: StriperKing1 ($7.70 in chips)
Seat 7: pestypea ($4.50 in chips)
Seat 8: Muddy_Spud ($0.80 in chips)
Seat 9: Kapol ($9.75 in chips)
TripleOptics: posts small blind $0.05
StriperKing1: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TripleOptics [As Kh]
pestypea: folds
Muddy_Spud: raises $0.30 to $0.40
Kapol: calls $0.40
emark: folds
broncos 75: calls $0.40
TripleOptics: ???


Whats your move here?

How long have you been at the table?? Any reads??

You are going to be OOP the rest of the hand, and Muddy's $0.80 is dead money.... I probably raise to $2 here and see who is really serious about their hand and play it from there.

it takes a stronger hand to call a raise than to make one... especially in early position...

i'd just call...

Definately raise here, to $1.50 or more.

With several callers in here I'd re-raise and see if I can thin the field. You'd like to feel confident if you flop an ace or king, and being first to act with three behind you is not ever a recipe for confidence.

Also - the two callers here have regular stacks, but the raiser Muddy_Spud has almost nothing behind. I'd make it 2.00 and expect that at least half the time, he'd be your only caller, which will put him all in.