2 hands: AK OOP-what would you do?

[ppostie]

Keep in mind this is low buy-in.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

CO (t1275)
Button (t2015)
Hero (t1430)
BB (t1975)
UTG (t1945)
UTG+1 (t1920)
MP1 (t1300)
MP2 (t1640)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, A.
1 fold, UTG+1 calls t30, MP1 calls t30, MP2 calls t30, 2 folds, Hero ????

What kind/size of raise?



PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP2 (t1110)
CO (t1160)
Button (t635)
Hero (t1405)
BB (t1115)
UTG (t2465)
UTG+1 (t4395)
MP1 (t1215)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, A.
UTG raises to t150, 4 folds, Button calls t150, Hero???

How would you play this spot?

[rubixstreub]

I'd probably go 150 on hand 1.

Hand 2... you almost want to play for stacks against the shorty who cold called, so I think raising here is good to put the squeeze on the initial raiser. Not sure what the ideal number is, but I think 500 should do it... probably have to make a crying calling if UTG pushes....

[taipan168]

First hand - 3x BB plus 1x BB for each limper is a good formula, so make it 180. Since you're OOP I might add another BB or so, so 200-220 to go.

Second hand - shove it with the cold caller. There are 375 chips in the pot and your stack is 1400 - any time the chips in the pot preflop are 15% or more of your stack you should shove good hands like AK that often need to improve to win.

[Zee Devee]

Hand 1: I make it 200ish to go since you are out of position for the whole hand.

Hand 2: This is is tricky considering stack sizes. A good reraise here would be around 500ish. And with a c-bet you are committing most of your stack, so I am leaning toward a push here.