$10 NLHE 6-max: zoom 3betting AK and facing 4bet shove preflop

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greedisgood

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Hello guys,

I've encountered this situation today, which every online poker player and especially Zoom players faces a lot.

I've uploaded the hand to BOOM: http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/12153573_BB3CAA38EA so you guys can easily watch.

I have no history on these opponents and as PT4 isn't compatibel with a mac my hud doesn't work.

normally I would call a shove but as I got beaten too much in zoom calling shoves preflop with AK I don't use this strategy anymore as I never met a worse hand. Also the flatcall of the BB looked suspicious to me.

What do you guys think about folding? and in an other scenario: if you are the utg raiser and you get 3bet with a limper, whould you shove?

please share your insights :)

greedisgood
 
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Yes fold, You are either flipping or dominated. If you think the BB call is suspicious, then it is likely that the all-in 4-bettor thinks so too.

As for your second question. I probably would only shove with KK+ and never as a bluff. Too great of a chance someone would have me beat.
 
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I don't mind calling here as our hand is so strong and this is not a tournament where we may be hesitant to get into a flipping situation. So if villain wants to flip in cash game then i usually give him one as there are also good chances of us dominating him so i would not let this opportunity go. Most times we would be either ahead of his range or flipping, rarely otherwise so i prefer calling here. :boxing:
 
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I agree with The Godson here. Personally, I am never going all-in deep stacked in a cash game pref-lop with anything less than Jacks, unless I am very sure of myself against a particular player, but as you said, you had no hands on any of these guys. Always be on the side of caution in a scenario like this where you are facing all-ins from people you frankly don't know.

If this were a tournament, it would be a different maybe, but in a cash game going all-in with AKo is a losing play IMO. You are either flipping or dominated most likely.


Your fold was correct.
 
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thanks for the replies guys!
 
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