Do you play AK the same way in a cash game like you would do in a tournament?
Like everything else in Poker, it depends, it depends, it depends.
"For an example lets say you 3bet a villain with AK. And he 4bet shoves. What would your action be in this scenario? Lets assume that both have similar stack sizes and he has decent stat"
What do I know about this vill and how he plays
right now? Against some vills, I drop 'em like they were on fire. Of course, against this opponent, I wouldn't 3! in the first place. Against others vills, I insta-call. It's all very situation dependent. Against a run-of-the-mill rec-fish or an unknown, my inclination is to give them credit rather than cash. Fold and move on. If they successfully
bluff, good for them! What is a player who can't be bluffed called again?
"And what if you are the original raiser and a villain 3 bets you? would you call or 4 bet or 4 bet shove?"
What do I know about this player? What is his 3-bet range like? Can he 3! with less than (A,K)? Can he call a 4! with less?
"...I feel AK is really overvalued. Specially since we are very deep. I've lost many buyins by shoving AK. I usually run in t AA".
Rec-fish tend to over value top pairs. Who knows why? Is this a hold-over from FLHE where TPTK is almost always a through ticket to the river? The big difference is that you lose just a few bets at FLHE, not your entire stack. Is it because Mr. Nit has
finally picked up a playable hand and can't let it go?
Over valuing single pair hands is a big mistake when stacks are deep. If your opponent seems determined to not co-operate in playing a small pot, then it's time to let it go. If he wants to play for stacks, he probably has TPTK beat.
Not too long ago, I raise with (A,K) pick up a limper ahead and we go to the flop. Flop comes king-high and dry. Action goes check, bet, call / check, bet, call / check, check. He wins with bottom two. That guy actually cussed me out in chat for ruining his planned CRAI. Of course, had the hands been reversed, he would be the one whining about his "bad luck" when he got stacked.
You shouldn't be losing "many buy-ins" with (A,K). While it's nice to see that Big Slick when the cards are dealt, it's still a drawing proposition. If you stuff it in pre and get called by pocket deuces, you're an
equity underdog.
Before acting, ask yourself: "Why am I considering jamming this hand?" Is it for value: do you believe that a hand you dominate is likely to call? If so, then take that almost coin flip chance and value own him. How many players are there who would do that? At small stakes where you will find mostly rec-fish, it's hard to find that player.
Are you jamming to steal the dead money? If so, ask yourself if a smaller bet will get that job done. Why risk an entire stack in a situation where someone may botch the plan with an unexpected overcall with a better hand? If you get 4-bet jammed, you can fold and you still have a stack.
What you don't want is to be all: "Big Slick! Yeay! I'm all-in!" Know why you're doing what you're doing. Reacting just because you picked up a pretty hand is a sure ticket to Tap City.