$2 NLHE Full Ring: How to play AK? 4 hands

CheeringRoger

CheeringRoger

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AK is a hand which always manages to get me in trouble. I think for me it's difficult to play with it because it has so much potential strength but when you miss with it I overplay it. For me it's hard to lay down AK when I miss when I already invested so much in the pot by 3betting (and cbetting). So here are a few hands (some more standard than others) I hope you guys can give me some advice on this.

Hand 1:

Villain stats:
hands: 105
VPIP: 16.2
PFR: 12.4
AF: 1.33

pokerstars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (8 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.com/

BB ($2.69)
UTG ($3.73)
UTG+1 ($1.20)
MP1 ($3)
MP2 ($2)
CO ($0.98)
Hero (Button) ($2)
SB ($2)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K
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, A
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UTG calls $0.02, 4 folds, Hero raises to $0.08, 1 fold, BB raises to $0.22, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.14

Flop: ($0.47) J
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, 10
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, J
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(2 players)
BB bets $0.23, Hero calls $0.23

Turn: ($0.93) 4
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(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.44, BB calls $0.44

River: ($1.81) 6
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(2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Total pot: $1.81 | Rake: $0.11

Villain had AK


Hand 2:

Villain stats:
14 hands
vpip: 42.9
pfr: 14.3
AF: 4

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from http://flopturnriver.com/

UTG ($1.93)
UTG+1 ($2)
MP1 ($4.52)
MP2 ($0.66)
MP3 ($1.87)
CO ($2.21)
Button ($2)
SB ($1.10)
Hero (BB) ($2)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A
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, K
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2 folds, MP1 calls $0.02, 1 fold, MP3 raises to $0.04, 3 folds, Hero raises to $0.16, 1 fold, MP3 calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.35) Q
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, 7
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, 6
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(2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 bets $0.26, Hero folds

Total pot: $0.35 | Rake: $0.02

Hand 3:
Villain stats:
Hands: 61
VPIP: 16.7
PFR 10
AF: Non existent(?)

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UTG ($0.90)
UTG+1 ($1.95)
MP1 ($1.99)
MP2 ($2)
Hero (MP3) ($5.43)
CO ($2)
Button ($2.58)
SB ($2.11)
BB ($0.78)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with K
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, A
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4 folds, Hero raises to $0.08, CO (poster) calls $0.06, Button calls $0.08, 2 folds

Flop: ($0.27) 3
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, 5
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, 10
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(3 players)
Hero bets $0.15, CO calls $0.15, Button raises to $0.87, Hero folds, 1 fold

Total pot: $0.72 | Rake: $0.04


Hand 4 Poor play :D

Villain stats:
hands: 83
VPIP: 33.3
PFR: 17.3
PF3: 0
AF: 1.08

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from http://flopturnriver.com/

MP3 ($3.41)
CO ($2.78)
Button ($2)
SB ($1.94)
BB ($3.65)
UTG ($2)
Hero (UTG+1) ($2.28)
MP1 ($1.65)
MP2 ($2)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with K
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, A
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1 fold, Hero raises to $0.06, 1 fold, MP2 calls $0.06, MP3 calls $0.06, 4 folds

Flop: ($0.21) 3
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, 7
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, 8
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(3 players)
Hero bets $0.13, MP2 calls $0.13, MP3 calls $0.13

Turn: ($0.60) 3
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(3 players)
Hero bets $0.30, MP2 calls $0.30, 1 fold

River: ($1.20) 2
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(2 players)
Hero bets $0.46, MP2 calls $0.46

Total pot: $2.12 | Rake: $0.13

Villain had 98o
 
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1. 4b/call pre unless they're super nitty.. 3b stats help here. Check back turn, flop/river good

2. cbet flop.. i know board connects well but they'll have a lose enough range tat you'll get folds often enough and I don't like chk/folding the best hand and we have 6 outs usually if we are beat.

3. yep good, without As could consider chk/folding. Def cbet with As though

4. It's fine, a high variance play though. C/F flop is fine too. I think once you bet you generally should barrel in this spot so nh. Bet more though unless you have some standard sizings that they're aware of
 
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braveslice

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Multiple hands in one post is confusing, so gonna talk only hand one.

BB looks nitty enough just to call, not sure if you can profitably bet only one street OTT. I think the villain is too nitty to open KQ type hands, or pairs under TT. When you bet you get called by all his pairs, fold AQs and AK. {TT-AA, AQs+, AK}

If you aproximate turn bet, crude estimation:
EVbetting: 12/36*0.93-24/36*0.44 = 0.0167 [12 combos AK+AQs, 24 combos pairs]
EVcalling: 3/36*0.93 = 0.0775 [3 combos AQs]

Hmm, does seem that betting is not a mistake that is a bit surprising. I did not include suits, because it would have been too time consuming.
 
TimovieMan

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Hand 1: BTN vs BB, I 4-bet preflop (and call a shove).
As played, postflop is well played.

Hand 2: why no c-bet? You have to c-bet here!!!

Hand 3: nh!

Hand 4: I'm not liking this flop so much to c-bet it. I think check/fold is probably our best line here.
I also think your line is rather spewy, especially at these stakes.
 
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