How would you play AK suited

#1 September 5th, 2018, 8:57 AM

Your on the button, you look down at AK suited.
Limper then 2 bet and a 3 bet
Its on you.
4 bet, call or fold?
Its quite early in the tourney, equal chips. Live game.
I'm putting at least one of them on AA or KK which means they are ahead. Maybe QQ .
I fear if i 4 bet it will turn into a shove fest.
An expensive call?
Or let them fight it out.
Whats your play

#2 September 5th, 2018, 9:10 AM

depends on blinds structure and how deep you are at the beggining of tourney. Anyway personally I am a fun of making tight folds without information. Especially in tourneys where you can't win a tourney in early stage, but you can be easily out. So I would fold because I don't want to 4bet/stuck off this hand in early stage, and also I am not a fun of making cold calls of 3bets. Because we are capped like hell and we look exactly what we have in that situations: JJ, QQ, AK.

#3 September 7th, 2018, 8:45 PM

Originally Posted by 24601

Your on the button, you look down at AK suited.
Limper then 2 bet and a 3 bet
Its on you.
4 bet, call or fold?
Its quite early in the tourney, equal chips. Live game.
I'm putting at least one of them on AA or KK which means they are ahead. Maybe QQ .
I fear if i 4 bet it will turn into a shove fest.
An expensive call?
Or let them fight it out.
Whats your play

My play would be a fold only because if more than two players are raising it probably means your hand is not in a good position even though you have big slick.

#4 September 7th, 2018, 8:54 PM

Originally Posted by 24601

Your on the button, you look down at AK suited.
Limper then 2 bet and a 3 bet
Its on you.
4 bet, call or fold?
Its quite early in the tourney, equal chips. Live game.
I'm putting at least one of them on AA or KK which means they are ahead. Maybe QQ .
I fear if i 4 bet it will turn into a shove fest.
An expensive call?
Or let them fight it out.
Whats your play

Being this is all pre flop

So long as nothing has been overturned, statistically, AK SUITED on top of that - well- let's face it AK - I mean, that king won't ever have high card value in a flush- which reminds me of my thinking that even A2 suited as as good as AK suited- if as to a flush.

BUT - AK in that you said SUITED, sounds to me like you're thinking the BEST case scenario for that 4% runner runner?

OK I really don't know poker terms THAT well but that horrid movie with Ben Affleck - could have been a better movie - but it WAS called Runner Runner which got me googling if that line in the movie where the casino boss says 'and just what ARE the odds pre flop for runner runner flush' and he says 3.8 or 4.2% etc.

I suppose EXACT odds depend on EXACT information, how many people at the table etc.

But how would "I" play AK suited ?

And PRE FLOP has been raised THREE TIMES ?

Eh - HARD TO SAY - someone has JJ and is pushing it? QQ ?

I saw ONE Youtube video and the pro goes 'and I've folded AK many a times, sometimes it's crap' - not sure on crap BUT sometimes they aren't useful.

ME? I'd call

SURE it could go into a shove fest - you can still back out of that - I'd say I have AK suited, one of the - if not THE best combinations to have pre flop...

But me? If it DID go shove fest? again, depends, where are we in the tournament, close to cashing? if cash game- where are we losses - etc...

I'll just say I'm not Mr. AK suited... I like guaranteed KK's AA's - JJ's HOWEVER - suited? I mean - you at LEAST have to call that third raise pre flop?

I'll just FINALIZE by saying, I have no problem folding AK suited if it goes to shove fest.

OR - take that GAMBLE - you're in PRETTY GOOD SHAPE to take it.

Me? I'm backing off if shove fest LIKELY.

#5 September 7th, 2018, 9:14 PM

Just flat and see if your hand is more than just Ace high. Keep the weaker aces in. If a 4-bet turns into shove fest you are in sooo difficult of a decision.

#6 September 7th, 2018, 9:30 PM

I wouldn't be raising again because you don't have a made hand and they may have a pair - either call or fold in this case.

#7 September 7th, 2018, 9:46 PM

oh my my AK never make it allways getting crushed by something crazy like 72o

#8 September 7th, 2018, 10:06 PM

I am never folding here. Without knowing stack sizes it�s difficult to make a good decision but if it�s not a huge portion of my chips I am likely flat calling. Tough to put them on a hand this early though. They can have anything. I would like to see a flop and go from there.

#9 September 7th, 2018, 10:09 PM

Yeah that's a tough one. I've raised AK suited preflop so many times just to hit absolutely nothing and someone suck out on me.

#10 September 7th, 2018, 11:46 PM

It depends on if I can re-enter the tournament or not. Or depending on the buy in compared to my bankroll. Also what position the raise and 3 bet came from and reads from the players involved. In general I would like to 4 bet A/K suited pre flop or maybe even shove depending on the situation so I could see all 5 cards and try to build my stack to make a deep run. Its possible you have one of them dominated and maybe flipping against the other. Ill take the chance of running into Aces or Kings with my blockers. Stack sizes and Big Blinds I have are the major decision factors for me.

#11 September 9th, 2018, 9:34 PM

All comes down to stack sizes, and blind levels. All deep stakes probably just a call. If I have a smaller stack maybe shove.

Also hinges on opponents stacks and playing styles too.

#12 September 10th, 2018, 6:28 AM

I am never folding - so either call or raise. The other player could be raising the limper with a hand worse than yours. You don't really want to call and let the limper into a 3-way pot. So 4-bet - you may take the pot down uncontested. If the original raiser 5-bets you are in a tough spot but may have to just call it off begrudgingly.

#13 September 10th, 2018, 12:49 PM

That is relatively easy situation.Just call.If you don't want to end up all-in before even flop you should call.Also it's likely that someone has a pocket pair so you want to see flop and what will hit you.Also you can fold it's first good hand of the many you don't need to risk in this stage.And that leaves the third option, taking 36% chance to win the pot and going all-in.If you feel lucky go ahead.I will always be happy to double my stacks this early on the tournament.

#14 September 11th, 2018, 9:59 AM

If I have 15 BB or less then I do all in. If I am over 15 BB I check it. Depending on the flop, it makes a further decision.

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