Deadly AK

Wow, ive noticed players always going all in when they have the AK
what they fail to realize is that ak is nowere near as powerfull online as it is playing Live. seems you can get more respect with your raises when your at the casino, just wondering how everyone else feels bout it

If I'm going to play AK, AA, AQ in single table games, it has to be from late position or the blinds. I'm definitely not raising UTG, that seems to be a sure loser for me nearly every time. In tourneys i will call UTG and play really tight after that. They may be Monster cards and look really good but my experience say be cool on the early positions or pay the price.

this is a hard one to call..it depends on so many factors...position as one stated,blind size?chips remaining...the list goes on and on...one thing i do feel..tho i,m not one for all in raises..i find it diffucul to lay ak down..just my 2 cents

I am finding myself playing AK tighter and tighter. If I can't see a flop cheaply, I don't put a lot of value on the hand. In an all-in situation, you would be at best in a coinflip most of the time.

A K is getting weaker as more aggressive players have taken up poker and are seeing low pairs, suited cards and any connectors. Therefore, when the board shows what i would see as a typically 'dry' flop (rainbow cards all lower than a 10, say), someone has usually hit! My best advice would be to minimum raise (Please dont limp with AK) to see off most of the rubbish, then judge frm the board where your up to. You'll flop either card 33% of the time, so you'll normally have an idea where your up to there and its not cost too much.

I always go all in with AK in the tournaments if I'm very low on chips and blinds are big, for me it' just a last chance to still somebody else's blinds and hopefully to double up..

Theres so many ways to play AK or not. I will still raise with AK in the right spots and always UTG but I have also learned to be able to get away from it too.

this is so important. Well said.

AK is a strong starting hand just like AA, But when the board looks like your beat, treat them like any other trash hand.

BIN IT

AK is a strong starter and even stronger if suited. At the same time I have no problems tossing it away after flop, to a power bet, if nothing comes up to help me.

AK... it always depends on position, stack and playertypes...
Very often overplayed, i love that...
And do not ever forget: a HAND in poker are FIVE cards, not just the two in the hole...
aC

A-K is a tricky hand, for sure. I've won a lot of big pots with it, and I've lost a lot of big pots with it. Overall, I've found that it's a very situational hand. I'll almost always open-raise with the hand pre-flop if action to folded to me. However, if there's a preflop raise in front me, I very often will flat-call to see a flop, especially if I'm in position. I usually only reraise with the hand if 1) I think I can win the hand preflop by doing so (based on reads, position, etc.) or 2) I'm on a short-stack and flatcalling would put a significant percentage of my chips in the pot. I'm also capable of giving up the hand pre-flop to a three-bet or four-bet, depending on the situation.

Example: In a live tournament I had about 29,000 chips with the blinds at 400-800. The player to my right limped, and I raised to 2,500 with A-K offsuit. The small blind than pushed all-in for 22,000. This would seem to some people like an easy call, but there were three arguments against it: 1) The player had been fairly tight, and was unlikely to make this move with garbage, 2) He looked very confident about his hand, and 3) It was a huge bet. Even if he was confident making this play with Q-Q or J-J, do I really want to put 3/4 of my stack in the pot pre-flop as a slight underdog (especially since I would still have an M of 22 if I folded)? After considering all this, I folded face-up, and the reraiser showed K-K. Like I said, it's a situational hand.

Pretty much online is just new people thinking any two face cards are good, probley most of them underage like i was when i first started, eventually they will bust online, and they bettter players will win

AK=Abdi Khalif (That's my real name BTW), There-fore, alot of limpers, equals, depending on blinds and other factors of that nature ALLIN, now, if there's just 1 caller, then nah, not worth it (The push, unless blinds are high, or I'm short).

So in closing AK is pretty standard raising hand or pushing hand, but depends on what position your at on the table, and blinds, and how much your stack is vs the blinds.

But one things for Sure, I'm AK=Abdi Khalif Pronouced (Ab-de Ka-Leaf)

Are you saying you dont not raise UTG with AA? This hand is a favorite above all but needs to be going against just a single opponent or at most two. By not raising UTG maybe that's why it's getting busted so often.