$2 NLHE 6-max: 0,02$ NL HE - AKs vs. Preflop All-in (4bet)

Hello! I want to ask you for analysis , if my call was correct . I played with Pokerstove a bit , my EV was somewhere around 51%+ , but still unsure.. so here we go :


pokerstars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (6 handed)

MP ($1.91)
CO ($2.02)
Button ($2.03)
SB ($1.92) with VP 21,1% PFR 16,1% .
Hero (BB) ($2.99)
UTG ($1.57)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A , K
UTG raises to $0.04, 1 fold, CO calls $0.04, 1 fold, SB raises to $0.14, Hero raises to $0.48, 2 folds, SB raises to $1.92 (All-In), Hero calls $1.44

Flop: ($3.92) 2 , K , J (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($3.92) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($3.92) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $3.92 | Rake: $0.14

Results below:


Thank you for advices

Unless vs a complete nit (there are some that do not 3bet without AA), AKs is a fantastic hand to go all in with preflop in 2NL:
- you are flipping against pairs below KK
- 30% equity vs KK
- total domination of AQ and below (and people LOVE those), 75%+ equity
- 65% equity against 2 lower cards

BTW if you do the shove then you also get some fold equity, which helps somewhat against pairs below JJ (up to QQ vs nits) with which you flip, and still you get calls from ATs-AQ. People who stack off with 2 lower cards don't understand anything so you still get those

What type of player is the SB? If it is a TAG or a nit his shoving range is mostly QQ+.Even SLPs. I do not know what you simulated in Pokerstove but you are way behind. IMO it is a fold as played. You could've flat here though. You have position on him and 2 fish in the pot probabely.

LD1977 said:

Unless vs a complete nit (there are some that do not 3bet without AA), AKs is a fantastic hand to go all in with preflop in 2NL:
- you are flipping against pairs below KK
- 30% equity vs KK
- total domination of AQ and below (and people LOVE those), 75%+ equity
- 65% equity against 2 lower cards

BTW if you do the shove then you also get some fold equity, which helps against pairs below JJ (up to QQ vs nits) with which you flip, and still you get calls from ATs-AQ. People who stack off with 2 lower cards don't understand anything so you still get those

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I think you are wrong. Why do you think he must be a total nit so that his shove range be QQ+?

AKs vs QQ... you are behind a little. Against a nit/tag I would flat/fold, agains a laggy/whale/fish I would call.

It is 2NL, trust me on this, you want to stack off.
- Fish and spewtards are the donors.
- Most TAGs have enough brain cells to realize that you lose massively by restraining yourself to QQ+; still they usually won't go below AQs/AK, TT+ unless vs known spewers.
- Only nits are too stupid to realize what is what and stick to their static stackoff range.

Of course you have to know who you are dealing with. Don't stack off with nits and you will be fine.

As for myself, I stacked off with AKs 20 times (122k hands) and won 55% of hands, net winnings 183 evbb/100.

This is actually very low since I was dumb enough to stack off vs nits a few times before I learned

Oh BTW, shorties with like 20bb go AI with any Ace, any pair.

Now I saw the stats. 21/16
Actually that is a pretty decent TAG for 6 max. Still a fold. You are way behind.

Forgot - I play FR, where ranges are somewhat tighter. But yeah 21/16 is probably stacking off QQ+/AK and you have around 41% equity vs that range.

QQ and AKs are equal vs QQ+/AK range (around 40% equity, AKs being slightly better) but QQ is better vs smaller pairs while slightly worse vs Ax hands.

AKs its always a call for me preflop u r in bad bad shap only to AA so it worth the call.

My AKs has 52% equity against JJ+ , AQs+ , AQo+ .. I believe these 20/15+ players in 2$NLHE would go all-in preflop with this range.

if it would be QQ+ instead of JJ+ , then pokerstove is showing i have even 53% equity..

What do you think about it? I have seen opposed thoughts here..

But it should look for me something like :

AKs vs. 21/16 simple call preflop. Maybe all-in preflop somewhere 25/XX .

AK is a good hand, but i would say in my life i lost more money with AK then with all other hands, in this situation (micro-stakes) i would push all in to