Ak utg how do you playthis profitably...`

[Roco415]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $10+$1 Tournament, 10/20 Blinds (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (UTG) (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1470)
MP1 (t1250)
MP2 (t1690)
MP3 (t1530)
CO (t1040)
Button (t1470)
SB (t2050)
BB (t1500)

Hero's M: 50.00

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, K
Hero raises to t60, 1 fold, MP1 calls t60, 1 fold, MP3 raises to t260, 4 folds, Hero calls t200, 1 fold

Flop: (t610) 7, 3, 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 bets t1270 (All-In), Hero folds

Total pot: t610


Very early....do you shove pre?

do you reraise pre? it seemed like overpair to me..

do you lead the flop OOP?

critique me on every aspect of the hand please...

no reads or any info

[philly and the phanatics]

no but you do raise more than 60 pre thats for sure, i mean he wants it to look like an overpair, i have seen a lot of people make this move with ace queen, but honestly i would lay it down, its early there are other spots and i do not think theres been enough time in the game to get a solid read on this guy, so i would def fold

[kevster]

Consider shoving pre. In these spots we're only really worried about AA/KK and our opp will often fold hands that we're racing with.

As played, you played the flop fine. A c-bet is dangerous when the villain has shown strength pre-flop.

[taipan168]

Make it 80 preflop from UTG, you want to thin the field here in case you miss the flop and want to c-bet. As played, with MP3's cold call adding more dead chips to the pot, I probably just shove over, as kevster said the only hands you're fearing are AA and KK, you have some fold equity and there are enough dead chips in the pot to justify flipping if opp has 22-QQ.

As played, I think you have to c/f, opp isn't folding on that board and a c-bet would mean that half of your remaining stack is in the hand with A high.

[Sprayed]

I'm some what a nit early in SNGs, I would probably fold to the raise pre. If I'm feeling frisky or know that this guy is a donk I would just shove. I don't like smooth calling that much with this hand this early.

[caddie444]

Folding preflop > Raising All in pre-flop > Calling preflop


I don't like gambling this early


As played, c/f

[baudib]

I limp AK UTG early very often. If MP3 has a real hand here, which I'm guessing is something like JJ-QQ, he's probably raising to 120-150 instead of reraising to 260...I'd prefer to call the 120-150 OOP than to commit 260. I do sometimes limp-shove preflop though, hoping to get a call from AQ or making JJ think it's AA.

[kevster]

Folding preflop > Raising All in pre-flop > Calling preflop

I'm never negotiating this spot in this order.

[caddie444]

Folding preflop > Raising All in pre-flop > Calling preflop

I'm never negotiating this spot in this order.

Do you realize I mean after we get reraised?

I think after villain makes it 260 I like folding better than raising all in (I'm nitty in the early stages though) and think calling is the worst of the three options.

If you still disagree with me pls explain

[kevster]

Folding preflop > Raising All in pre-flop > Calling preflop

I'm never negotiating this spot in this order.

Do you realize I mean after we get reraised?

I think after villain makes it 260 I like folding better than raising all in (I'm nitty in the early stages though) and think calling is the worst of the three options.

If you still disagree with me pls explain

Early or not, AK is a top hand and I'm not letting it go this easily. I don't prefer folding over the other options in any instance unless I have a solid read that the opp. is VERY nitty.

[Roco415]

yeah i see what you guys are sayign, i think im disillusioned because at this level people love overshoving KK/AA and i feel like i have to be beat ...maybe i need to work on my defeatist attitude

[DetroitHusling101]

Make it 80 preflop from UTG, you want to thin the field here in case you miss the flop and want to c-bet. As played, with MP3's cold call adding more dead chips to the pot, I probably just shove over, as kevster said the only hands you're fearing are AA and KK, you have some fold equity and there are enough dead chips in the pot to justify flipping if opp has 22-QQ.

As played, I think you have to c/f, opp isn't folding on that board and a c-bet would mean that half of your remaining stack is in the hand with A high.

I make it 80 UTG...limping is an option too imo , to mix things up , so it's not always obvious we have 22-99 when we limp utg...
i fold to the RR readless.


as to the part i bolded the 60 chips really isn't doing it for me. If the BB cold called the RR than there would be a nice amount of dead chips in the pot and i would consider jamming and prob jamming readless with AKss.

folding>shoving>flatting IMHO.