Avoid temptation with AK?

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Hi guys,

Twice in the last hour, I have not managed to deny the temptation to call a raise that puts me all-in when I have had AK...

What's worse is that the first time, it was against 7-10 off and he hit a straight.

Would you call with it if it puts you all in early on in a tournament?
 
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Early in the tournament when there is a deep stack game, AK is definitely a hand to fold faced all in for me.
 
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For me, the last time the AK became a non-playable hand, non-stop losing All-In with a pair of opponents.
I generally recommend playing the minimum raise. Then there are many ways to play - Finally high hand.
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Avoid temptation with a lot of hands, post flop. AK becomes just a couple of worthless cards in a hurry. Feels safe, warm, nice, but is really false. Buy in if you like, at your risk.
 
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Ak is overplayed all the time,it`s not even a pair,,yet.And even then,you can lose easily.:puke:
 
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@terryk, I just talked about it. You are holy right :).

Unless you have a big stack and your opponent is much smaller, you can risk it.
 
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AK temptation

It all depends on 3 factors. The player putting me all in, the buy in of the tournament, and the mood I'm in. If it's online and a low buy in which you need to get top 3 to get a good profit then you gotta take that into account. Don't get super upset when you lose to 7-10 you weren't that far ahead. If you get beat by A10 off then that's a little worse but still when someone calls with worse cards you are going to win in the long run just remember that. If I'm feeling on fire it's an easy call.
 
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A-K is an easily beatable hand, no way all in early.
 
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Hi guys,

Twice in the last hour, I have not managed to deny the temptation to call a raise that puts me all-in when I have had AK...

What's worse is that the first time, it was against 7-10 off and he hit a straight.

Would you call with it if it puts you all in early on in a tournament?
Depends on your opponent playing style. If it was any 2 shoving guy, or playing every second hand, I would definitely call. In this particular case, AK vs 10-7 is 66% favourite. Of course, we loose with AK sometimes vs donks, but you'll be winning at least 2 times out of 3 in similar situatuons. Isn't it about winning with premium hands in poker?

Of course, in the early stage it is a 50/50 decision, e.g. your opponent was a TAG, playing couple of hands, and you feel he is pushing only really monster hands, then you should lean towards folding.

I actually observed many times the tendency of pushing AK, AQ in early stages, assuming that they probably have no clue how to play them post-flop if they dont hit.

Your call was correct given that you knew he was a loose player. JIMO
 
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this is a very good hand to raise all in always do not see too aggressive aggression or any movement that speculates an AA
 
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Thanks guys. Quite a varied opinion really. I have folded AK preflop in the past at the casino but in this case, it was pre flop and on pokerstars so I figured calling was the right thing to do. Unfortunately, it seems that if you start ahead on pokerstars, you're guaranteed to lose. I'll have to keep that in mind haha.

I don't consider AK in anyway to be a good hand with the percentage of times I've actually won with it but it's nice to see what people think about the hand
 
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if it's freeroll then all in with AK, if not then selectively, focusing on opponents
 
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Depends on your opponent playing style. If it was any 2 shoving guy, or playing every second hand, I would definitely call. In this particular case, AK vs 10-7 is 66% favourite. Of course, we loose with AK sometimes vs donks, but you'll be winning at least 2 times out of 3 in similar situatuons. Isn't it about winning with premium hands in poker?

Of course, in the early stage it is a 50/50 decision, e.g. your opponent was a TAG, playing couple of hands, and you feel he is pushing only really monster hands, then you should lean towards folding.

I actually observed many times the tendency of pushing AK, AQ in early stages, assuming that they probably have no clue how to play them post-flop if they dont hit.

Your call was correct given that you knew he was a loose player. JIMO



I agree with this but to build on it Id also say depends how short stacked the shover is - the shorter the stack the more loss the shove is likely to be and therefore the stronger your AK call is likely to be.
 
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I agree with this but to build on it Id also say depends how short stacked the shover is - the shorter the stack the more loss the shove is likely to be and therefore the stronger your AK call is likely to be.
Agree with you, the fact of being short stacked gives us even easier decision. However, in the early stage there are very few shorties, as a rule.
 
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AK is first and foremost a pretty strong hand, and it's too obvious to play it straight, I have to look for a balance
 
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Such hands should be played. The distance will all return.
 
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AK hand for fish I do not like it
 
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For me it depends on position and on stage of a tourney. If bad position and too early, then better do a fold, if necessary.
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I support tactics of average raise
 
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AK I always play differently if I'm much ahead of the aggressive but if the beginning of the tournament it quietly and if the smell of fried take off fast.
 
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Hi guys,

Twice in the last hour, I have not managed to deny the temptation to call a raise that puts me all-in when I have had AK...

What's worse is that the first time, it was against 7-10 off and he hit a straight.

Would you call with it if it puts you all in early on in a tournament?

Calling an all in is so much different than raising all in. I prefer not to call an all in with AK unless I'm either short stacked or the other player is very aggressive. However, I raise all in with AK much more often. It's just such a dangerous hand to call off all your chips with. Any two under cards and you may be in trouble. A pair of 2s and your tournament life is on the line. AK isn't even a hand yet, it's simply ace high.
 
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AK is of course a good hand, you can play aggressively with the pre-flop, well, and then look what card has fallen into a slap and make the right decision.
 
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Here I learned that AK is not a winning hand at all in a pre-flop situation, so change my way of playing it and depending on my position will be my bet that usually is from a BB up to 3 BB as maximum. Take into account that this hand is losing any other pair that a player has in their hands if your A or K do not appear in that hand. I have seen how many players play all in this hand before any situation even play all in an A accompanied by any other card but that we know is more than incorrect. Be patient and lucky at the tables.
 
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