AK BB ($22)

[bjsaust]

Just played this hand:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP1 (t1550)
MP2 (t1430)
MP3 (t1740)
CO (t1470)
Button (t1470)
SB (t1510)
Hero (t1500)
UTG (t1260)
UTG+1 (t1570)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K, A.
6 folds, Button raises to t80, 1 fold, Hero raises to t240, Button calls t160.

Flop: (t490) 5, 3, Q (2 players)
Hero bets t290, Button raises to t580, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t1070


I'm wondering, since I was HU already, was the 3-bet PF a good or bad idea?

[taipan168]

I don't hate playing like this, but with blinds this small personally I would just flat call and C-R if you hit an A or K on the flop.

[Skeeno]

I think out of position I like the re-raise more than a flat call but that's because I've tended to always re-raise AK, however reading an article somewhere got me thinking flat calling with AK is somewhat more advantageous as it doesn't frighten hands away which we dominate such as A10, AJ, AQ, KQ etc.

As played meh I probably cont. bet and fold, villain obviously has something or is a flat out maniac - a fair bit does depend on the villain's previous image.

[kmind]

Nh. A 3bet for value and a pretty good flop to cbet on. He probably sucked out with AQ.

[bjsaust]

Too early to have much image, but I guess you put AQ pretty squarely in his range. If he's done this with a FD, KQ, a PP < QQ then I guess nh him.

[kmind]

yeah he has more in his range but I think that's probably what you see the highest percentage of the time. I mean I really doubt 55 or 33 are in his range. He can have like KQ maybe QJs or something if he's dumb. Then again he could have like QQ+ trapping. I really doubt a draw raises...same with a smaller PP with us showing so much strength which is the key here as the board helps lower PPs think their hand could be good.

[bjsaust]

I see draws raising enough that you cant discount it, but in a vacuum (which this basically is), I'm happy to give him credit for hitting the flop in some way.

I doubt a small PP is raising here, perhaps JJ. Pretty much just saying that if he has a weaker hand than AQ and does this move then NH as it worked this time.

[DetroitHusling101]

I flat preflop. Being OOP is even more reason to flat here IMO , why do we want to bloat the pot when we have to play the hand oop. At least that's my line of thinking anyway.
Cbet fine , now folds

[kmind]

I flat preflop. Being OOP is even more reason to flat here IMO , why do we want to bloat the pot when we have to play the hand oop. At least that's my line of thinking anyway.
Cbet fine , now folds

but we can 3bet with value/narrow their range/play our hand pretty well postflop with bigger stacks.

[kmind]

I see draws raising enough that you cant discount it, but in a vacuum (which this basically is), I'm happy to give him credit for hitting the flop in some way.

I doubt a small PP is raising here, perhaps JJ. Pretty much just saying that if he has a weaker hand than AQ and does this move then NH as it worked this time.

i mean yeah SNGs have a lot of people raising draws but what draw do you put him on?

[bjsaust]

Obviously I didnt put it clearly. I didnt put him on a draw (if he was it would be a FD), I think AQ, QQ, KQ, 55, 33 make up the majority of his range.

If however I'm wrong, and he had something else (such as a draw), then well played by him getting me to fold.

[Jack Sawyer]

I don't really like it. Too much of your stack has been burned too early.

flat pf + donk into imo


chips r precious here

[bjsaust]

I dunno. A lot of times our PF raise gets him to fold (his button raising range could be wide). 1 in 3 times we hit a pair or better on the flop, and some percentage of the other times villian folds to our c-bet. Probably couldnt ask for a better flop to c-bet, since hands like TT,JJ,AK,AJ all usually fold.