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TrapStar
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Folding AK is no big deal. That is a way overrated hand. Unless you're in a freeroll or up against a short stack, you're almost always flipping. Good players don't call away (or even shove unless on short stack) all there chips with AQ, AJ, or weaker ace, which are the only hands you want to see when holding AK. I don't like to grind out a tournament for hours just to flip a coin with AK against QQ or JJ. If there's 2 or 3 all-ins in front of you, depending on the quality of the players, AK is an easy fold unless you have both players outchipped by more than double. I personally like to avoid big pots preflop unless I have a monster hand like AA or KK. I feel I can outplay most players after the flop. AK is a good hand to disguise also. If there is a raise and a call in front of me, most of the time I will just call with AK. If an ace or king hits the board, people find it hard to believe you have there KQ or AQ beat and you can get there chips after the flop. People are used to seeing every donkey autoshove with AK preflop. If ace or king doesn't hit the board, you could take a shot at stealing (with maybe the best hand anyway) or else it's easy to get away from if you think you're up against a real hand.
Don't get me wrong though, in a freeroll I almost never fold AK.
Don't get me wrong though, in a freeroll I almost never fold AK.