AK in the BB, SB SNG play what to do??

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I have been asking myself this alot, i get a UTG raise, or CO raise, and or BT Raise, should i just call and see a flop or reraise it, with AK from the BB or SB?
The ones i am play are very tight.
My win rate with this flip hand is not so great.
I know if i just flat it and miss i can get away, without losing a whole lot of chips.
I am more or less asking what i should do in this spot, it's been on my mind alot.
 
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Stack sizes, game position, payout structure and player reads all play a part in this so IT DEPENDS
 
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Start to mid game, reads are TT and up, AQ, and AK. Stacks about avg.
 
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I think u got to mostly raise against late position raiser cuz I don't think their range is even close to the TT and up u put their. Ur out of position so if u 3bet and they fold so be it. Maybe 1 in like 4 or 5 times flat call just to mix up. That range u put is prolly closer to what UTG or other early positions opening range would be for tight player. Against those UTG and early openers its a lot trickier cuz u could get raised all in and then the best u could be is most likely coin flip. But if u flat call then u will be missing flop majority of time and have to fold if he cbets. Complicated. So yeah I don't know flip a coin or something lol
 
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I have been asking myself this alot, i get a UTG raise, or CO raise, and or BT Raise, should i just call and see a flop or reraise it, with AK from the BB or SB?
The ones i am play are very tight.
My win rate with this flip hand is not so great.
I know if i just flat it and miss i can get away, without losing a whole lot of chips.
I am more or less asking what i should do in this spot, it's been on my mind alot.

It really depends. How many people are left? What's your stack size? What are the blinds?

I suppose if we are speaking generally, if it's early I would just flat for pot control and deception, but if your stack size drops to ~15-20bb's then shoving can't be too bad when you're facing a raise.
 
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Start to mid game, reads are TT and up, AQ, and AK. Stacks about avg.


If can seriously put your opponent on a range this tight then you probably need to fold it as you are a bit less than 50-50

If opponents range is wider then I'm easily playing for stacks with average stacks at 50/100 level.
 
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