AK in micro stakes

[flopmonkey]

Did I play this correctly? Or should have I went all-in pre?

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, 2.25 Tournament, 15/30 Blinds (9 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP2 (t1830)
MP3 (t1500)
CO (t1710)
Button (t1455)
Hero (SB) (t1470)
BB (t1500)
UTG (t1140)
UTG+1 (t1395)
MP1 (t1500)

Hero's M: 32.67

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, K
3 folds, MP2 bets t60, 3 folds, Hero raises to t210, 1 fold, MP2 calls t150

Flop: (t450) A, 9, 3 (2 players)
Hero bets t450, MP2 calls t450

Turn: (t1350) Q (2 players)
Hero bets t810 (All-In), MP2 calls t810

River: (t2970) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t2970

[fulksy]

seems fine to me Def. don't go all in Pre as almost all worse hands will fold, might of bet a little less on flop. but any AX is usually calling anyways but a smaller bet might keep a PP in.

[Fielmann]

Well played. Don't worry about results.

[taipan168]

seems fine to me Def. don't go all in Pre as almost all worse hands will fold, might of bet a little less on flop. but any AX is usually calling anyways but a smaller bet might keep a PP in.

This. Maybe you could bet a little less on the flop - say 380 or so to try to keep opp in the hand whilst still pricing out the draws, and you could then still shove the turn without it being an overbet. Still, since opp called your flop and turn bets it's fine, I'd expect you to be crushing his range.

[rong]

Am I the only one here who gets concerned when the Q hits? We're now relying on AJ or worse to pay us off. I hate AK when an Ace & Queen hit the board.

[rawbad]

i would go all in preflop why wait you got the hand or not only the poker gods will tell why wait on if every else is going to do

[Nakamura]

I'd probably look to bet around 400 on this flop.

Am I the only one here who gets concerned when the Q hits? We're now relying on AJ or worse to pay us off.

No, being a $2 SNG many opponents will never let go of any ace. You couldn't move them off that hand with a truckload of dynamite! I expect a lot of weaker aces to call here (at the very least).

While you weren't re-raised here, if you were re-raised I'd look to shove AI here in a $2 tournament. I would expect your opponent's range to be pretty wide.

[fulksy]

Am I the only one here who gets concerned when the Q hits? We're now relying on AJ or worse to pay us off. I hate AK when an Ace & Queen hit the board.

its a 2.25 so without a read otherwise i would say most Ax are in his range. also after flop bet the pots so big that that we can't fold against his range. after the flop the pot is 1350 and we have 810 behind.

for hands that would call preflop and the flop, we could give him the range A10s+ AJ+ we still have ~58% equity.

and i think that range is a little tight for micro stakes.

edit: didn't read nakamura's post first, sorry for repeat

[flopmonkey]

Thanks all.

Not that it matters, but Villian was actually holding a 10d 7d was chasing a flush.