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beckyg89

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Hi, everybody

Is it profitable to 4 or 5 bet shove AK pre at this level? I guess it depends on the opponent but what about an unknown?
 
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Assume an unknown is going to be similar to the other NL2 fish. At that level, yes, shove.
 
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At 2NL zoom, the stackoff range is generally {KK, AA, some combos of AK}

So I think you should be happy with shoving AK, but not happy with calling a shove with AK (only call a shove with KK+).

Don't shove QQ though because you'll be dominated too often, given that you don't block half of the AA/KK combos like AK does.
 
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Since you are only crushed by AA and KK, flipin againts rest, dominating all Ax Kx... sure! Sometimes you just need to win flip, or suck out on better hand ;p
 
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I guess what else would you 4 or 5 bet with? If it's just this hand then you will be easy to predict?
 
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at any limit is not necessary to go all in with these cards. in most cases, the opponent has a better hand and rarely the same .
 
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Hmmm. It's situational and purely dependant on the opponent. I'd say at 2NL ZOOM in general - No.
It's not often you see QQ all in preflop from my experience. I'm certainly not 5betting with AK. But if I'm 3bet then I might 4bet if I'm OOP.
Don't worry at all about having just AA,KK in your 5betting range because it is 2NL ZOOM. Your opponents are not going to have anywhere near enough hands on you and the majority of them don't even have huds and they aren't taking notes either.
 
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Hi, everybody

Is it profitable to 4 or 5 bet shove AK pre at this level? I guess it depends on the opponent but what about an unknown?
certainly beneficial, there is a high probability that someone from rivals go all in with weaker hands.
 
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