Limping with AK

Who the hell limps in with AK being chip leader of a tourny? I was so close in the money I was big blind I get A2 off so I check, flop comes I get 2 pair nice Im thinking I got this so I check the other 2 check King comes on turn I go all in get called by the chip leader low and behold he has AK fustrating If he just raised preflop I definatley woulda folded

Pretty cruel.

Maybe this guy got burned by AK recently??

When I take beats with AK, I start to question what the right way to play it is.

IMO, ya gotta raise with it preflop and if you don't hit, don't overcommit to it.

Hard luck m8.

I do limp with AK because I have alot of bad exprience with them but i got to said he GOT YUH on that one hard luck you'll get the next one.

Has it been a freeroll?!?
Would be good to know.
Normally you should not limp with AK...

The same person who limps with aces,kings or queens. Yes it is a dangerous strategy to limp with strong hands because you let the limpers in when you do this. The strategy of limping with strong hands especially in early position is the hope of someone raising in later postion so you can either call or re-raise.

I like to limp with AK when I have a very aggressive player at my table, because if I hit chances are he/she might try to bluff at the flop when an A or K hits the board. Then I go over the top to try to either get them commited or take the pot right there. And besides the situation you were in is a great example of the benefits limping with AK, because the other guy didn't raise you couldn't put him on a better 2 pair,

The question is who says you have to raise with AK? You can play any 2 cards anyway you want. My thought would be he was limping to trap waiting for someone to raise so he could go top. This is a good tactic late in tournaments and one many players use. I think you are sore cause you busted out. He had the better hand pre-flop and post-river so I am not sure what the problem is.

Lately, ace king has been the kiss of death for me. No matter what the other guy has he hits and I don't. I don't know the last time I won a hand when I started with ace king.

So it was good player that chipleader. You have to able to change your style of play. And of course, slow play is one of the important things.

no matter what you do you were screwed....luck was not on your side...if u had gone all in after the flop he would have surely called, and then hit the K....either way you were done for.....just bad luck...we've all gotten hit by it....

I lose with AK all the time. I bubbled a live tournament against a big stack who was raising every hand. So i moved all in with Ak and got called with ace-ten. Ten came on the river, and i was out. They ended up chopping for about 500 a piece.

Slow play and trapping is hard to detect at times.

One question:
Did he slow play or trap before that hand.
Like a dog if they do it once they will no doubt do it again.



Good Luck

Slow play is aimed more after the flop not to much before the flop, like I previously said if you limp with monster starting hands in early position you are likely giving other players the chance to play the rags you would normally get out with a pre flop raise. Even if you limp in later position the limpers ahead of you also have the chance to bust you. I don't know about you but I dont want some donk busting me because he limped with ace rag or king rag. Rather have some schmoe call my pre flop raise with a pocket pair and hit a set then to have those rags hit trips and/or even 2 pair.

The more people you allow in a hand the more likely your monster starting hand will be worthless.

I have started to fold AK more frequently when I get re-raised after betting 4xBB, and also when I see large bets before me in early position, I fold too. I play too scared to play them slow; having maybe one pair is not what I like, but maybe that should change. If I decide to play it in late position with just calls in front of me, I sometimes overbet (is that bad?)

In early position I Bet 4xBB; AK is such a mind boggling hand, and it being suited makes it pretty (though odds don't increase much).

To rafeeki I totally agree with you went over that in my head over and over he woulda called no matter what bet I made but still I would have folded if he didnt limp in. Funny you really do remember what hands you lost but never the hands you have won.

i limp because even a pair of deuces is beter than AK

ak get me in trouble 2 often absolutely frustrating i always raise with it but if 2 or more ppl go all in i prob fold it because so often aa or kk will burn it soz 2 hear about that its annoying but i worked out for the other guy dunno y he didnt raise it tho if he was chip leader thats just plain annoying lol

AK is good, maybe you want them to think you have 9 8 or something?
There are many ways to play the "Big Slick" ( Slick! )

Its not bad to limp.. but i would bet if i hit on the flop or if i was h/u with someone.

Exactly. Funny someone should complain about another player not giving away the strength of his hand preflop.

Limping with AK is a great play to get others in the pot with a lesser hand, or a short stack push with Ax. When I have a big lead in chips, I try a get more callers on my big hands. If you raise with AK everytime, you don't make any money. X

i dont liek to bet preflop with AK because if you dont catch anything on the flop your just betting with highcard, i liek to slow play it so they try to bluff me as if they have the ace

Some people simply limps A K because if the flop do not help them they'll be in great trouble.
Or simply because him hoped someone would have raised...who know!

lol, oh the dangers of playing A rag. the rules painly state that you must raise with AK and fold A rag. so i guess you both were wrong, lol JKing.

oh oops you were in bb my mistake,

Hi.

There're guys who don't trust too much on AK.
I never rise with AK when i see tight players going in.
Of course they are high ranked cards, but just that.
Anyway, you have bad luck.

Bye.

Maybe he was hoping for a raise so he could throw in a 3 bet. You didnt give any information about the blinds\antes/ other players stacks/ his exact position.

I personally would never limp with A-K unless someone at the table was raising a lot, just so i could slam a 3 bet on him and put him in check. I will slow play AA like this as well but sometimes i wont 3 bet after his raise because i dont want to scare the fish away. I let them trap thereselves. I never slowplay KK.

i think hands like that u should deal them very carefully...The problem with
ace king is that its a very good pre flop hand and u are hoping that u are gonna get paid...My approach is that some times u shoould raise pre flop not much so the people on the table dont put you very high ...And if u dont hit at the flop or u get small cards u fold immediately,Learn to fold good pre flop hands if u dont make sth good at the flop..Bad luck man
its a part of poker we just have to get passed it...

AK is absolutely not a limping hand, everyone above who said it's alright is wrong

YOU MIGHT AS WELL LIMP WITH A,K. Raising only gets called by live cards, that hits consistantly so you are ultimately losing more money. I would raise on occassion in good position, but normally try to keep cheap to minimize the losses. DONT get me wrong a pot size bet pre-flop could be a good idea but play it safe.

OK.. so, the RULE is, according to you, that it is wrong to play AK slowly?

Why? If I have had them a couple of times and raised them during a tourney, why shouldn't I mix it up a bit to throw players off the scent a bit?

Also, like Bluffyou123 and a few others said, AK can cripple you or see you off if they don't hit.
Again comes down to what table is like, and how you and others have been playing.

Personally AK is just high card and I play it cautiously, but I don't see why there should be a set way to play them!

Nice bluffing by him. I do also limp with AK. I just wait for the Flop to make sure that I got a pair with a high kicker. If someone will going to raise, of course I'm just going to call. It's a chance for a trap not getting it ALL IN. and when the Turn comes, you go ALL IN and I just Call. So guess what, you got into a trap. I got 2 Pairs with that AK. Don't be too aggressive dude. sometimes their hand are more better than your As.

You got caught ,is one of the very reasons to limp with AK.Plus its dangerous in some cases,you got to remember 22 will beat AK,if it dont hit.

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Originally Posted by spranger AK is absolutely not a limping hand, everyone above who said it's alright is wrong

Nice !!!





I agree that 90% of the time you should Raise Preflop with AK.



But remember it's all situational.

I don't think you should do it every hand, now with that being said i do limp with AK or AA sometimes because it will catch people of guard if you hit the nuts... Like I said its just another trick for your bag but something not to do all the time...

that's pretty much it

it's not the kind of hand you want 4 others coming to the flop. that's a quick way to go broke
it's also one of the top 5 hands in hold'em, and has tons of preflop fold equity and stuff. theres been like a million threads on it where people actually explain it good