AK on button. Should have re-raised?

[frjd2]

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed) - Full Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP3 ($1.95)
CO ($2.12)
Hero (Button) ($1.52)
SB ($1.75)
BB ($1.40)
UTG ($0.37)
UTG+1 ($1.31)
MP1 ($3.23)
MP2 ($2.01)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, K
2 folds, MP1 bets $0.07, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.07, 2 folds

Flop: ($0.17) 9, 3, J (2 players)
MP1 bets $0.12, Hero folds

Total pot: $0.17 | Rake: $0.01

I have never played with this guy before so no history.

Should I have re-raised pre with this hand? AK is strong but it is a drawing hand and for that reason I have been reluctant to get it in pre flop. Is this a mistake?

I folded the flop because I am pretty much playing a "fit or fold" strategy on the flop and I figured I didn't have the odds to call.

This could easily be a standard c-bet. Should I have re raised the flop or is that a maniacal play?

If I had re-raised and been called and villain then made a pot sized bet on this flop how would I approach such a situation?

Thanks.

[Razvan729]

calling and 3betting pre are both ok in my opinion.

i 3bet for value when my hand is ahead of his range and i think he is calling worse then mine and as a bluff/semibluff when i want him to fold better hands then mine. but if you 3bet pre, you have to know what to do if he 4bets you.


on flop, also i think foldind is ok, but calling is not that bad since he probably bets all his preflop range. i would call flop cause we have a backdoor flush, backdoor straight and 6 outs over his PP, so i'd call and reevaluate turn cause we are IP.

[tiltingdonkey]

without history, I raise pre by default, can't say that flatting is bad though.

and like what razvan said, both folding and calling flop is fine.

[rpm]

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[scott_owen]

call or reraise pre is fine. fold flop is fine.

i usually want at least a little gauge of how tight a villain is playing before i get fancy about calling a flop like this. AJ/KJ is going to cause you some problems if you hit a pair on the turn.

i dont like marginal situations without a read.

[supa]

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[bikes]

def float flop wif As

[daven]

3b pre then go and play with poker stove. Don't fold flop

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[HarleyGuy13]

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[fokus smokus]

calling preflop is fine but i would lean towards 3betting for value. on the flop you've got the backdoor nutFD and backdoorSD, plus overcards so a call is close. For example if villain is TAG type let's say his PFR Range is something like 77+,A9s+,KTs+,QTs+,JTs,ATo+,KJo+ vs our AsKc on the 9h3sJs flop we have 42.29 against his 57.71 equity.

[Shotglass]

calling or 3betting pre is both ok.
The flop could have missed him as well so I'm floating to the turn to re-evaluate his actions.