$0.25 NLHE STT: Spngo: AK any other option than 3bet shove

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Villain was reasonable player, I would guess he played tag style.

I'm very new to spin and goes, so everything is complicated. Shoving AK felt almost wrong, given the strength, but I couldn't figure any other play. Can I do anything else here? Should i do anything else here?

PokerStars - 10/20 NL (3 max) - Holdem - 3 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 25.5 BB
BTN: 17 BB (VPIP: 71.43, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, hands: 7)
SB: 32.5 BB (VPIP: 28.57, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A:spade: K:heart:

fold, SB raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 25.5 BB and is all-in
 
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Villain was reasonable player, I would guess he played tag style.

I'm very new to spin and goes, so everything is complicated. Shoving AK felt almost wrong, given the strength, but I couldn't figure any other play. Can I do anything else here? Should i do anything else here?

I think it is totally OK, for two reasons:
- If you 3bet to 7-9BB, you are not folding to a shove anyway but also when he flat calls, you have like ~pot bet left - not much space left really.
- You are beating villain's opening range as it will be very wide open (if villain opens like 50% from that position, which is totally possible, you have > 60% equity)
 
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3B to 8bb, call a shove.
 
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With a raise this size he is easily able to get away from marginal hands that he would call a small raise with. Don't worry about the small 3bet looking strong unless you have like 1000 hands of history with him and it's something you do often.
 
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Yeah, I don't hate the play, I don't love it either.

All the three lines are valid: call, raise or shove.

Personally, I would have made it like 7.5 BB (2.5x the original raise) and not fold to a shove. If he flats, I'm in position (and position is king). By shoving, you made it easy for him to play perfectly, call with good hand/fold the bad ones.
 
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With a raise this size he is easily able to get away from marginal hands that he would call a small raise with. Don't worry about the small 3bet looking strong unless you have like 1000 hands of history with him and it's something you do often.



Agree, nice point to avoid miss value for calling the marginal hands (e.g. Weaker aces, broadways)
 
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Thank you all for your good advises. I try 3betting next time, also calling might be an option sometimes. Shove against player who loves to call.
 
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I would shove because players in 0.25 spinngos are rarely raise/folding any hand.
 
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I would shove because players in 0.25 spinngos are rarely raise/folding any hand.

Yes you are right. However, I got unlucky and got the only reasonable player to my table ;)
 
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