$2 NLHE STT Turbo: Few hands into the SnG- AKo facing reraise

[atlantafalcons0]

Yeah... see I can understand wanting to protect your chips early in the game, it's just I couldn't understand why calling with AK out of position was something you'd want to do to achieve that end - especially if you were putting the villain on a strong range.

I don't play much LHE, but if this were limit whether you win or (more likely) lose you'll only be playing a smallish pot the majority of the time. In NLHE, however, you're usually losing a small pot, sometimes winning a small one or sometimes losing a big one when you flat with this hand. The occasions when we win a big pot are rare and we stand a much greater chance of winning a big pot if we shove preflop because flipping hands / big aces might give us action that they wouldn't give on a flop that misses them.

In NLHE if you want to "protect your chips" in a spot like this you do it by folding preflop, not by calling. Obviously the consensus ITT is that AK is a strong enough hand that we should be thinking about using it to accumulate chips, not protect the ones we already have, but if you were sitting with a more marginal hand you'd protect your chips better by folding rather than calling.

I agree, In my first post I said I'd either flat or fold.

 

[dg1267]

So, did we make you a convert yet AF?

 

[atlantafalcons0]

So, did we make you a convert yet AF?

Sure! Next time I raise with ace king utg and someone min 3 bets me - I'm shoving. If they have aces or kings I'm gonna be pissed!

 

[dg1267]

Yeah, I still get a little pissed, but a quick look through my HEM will straighten that up right away.

 

[dg1267]

I know you get it already AF, but I just had this play out and thought I'd share.

full tilt poker $2 + $0.25 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t15/t30 Blinds - 9 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

BTN: t1470 M = 32.67
SB: t1530 M = 34
BB: t1500 M = 33.33
UTG: t1500 M = 33.33
UTG+1: t1500 M = 33.33
Hero (UTG+2): t1500 M = 33.33
MP1: t1500 M = 33.33
MP2: t1500 M = 33.33
CO: t1500 M = 33.33

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is UTG+2 with A:club: K:diamond:
UTG calls t30, 1 fold, Hero raises to t120, 5 folds, BB calls t90, UTG raises to t210, Hero raises to t1500 all in, 1 fold, UTG calls t1290 all in

Flop: (t3135) 3:diamond: 5:club: 6:club:

Turn: (t3135) 3:club:

River: (t3135) 7:spade:

Final Pot: t3135
UTG shows 7:diamond: Q:diamond: (two pair, Sevens and Threes)
Hero shows A:club: K:diamond: (a pair of Threes)
UTG wins t3135

 

[atlantafalcons0]

This is a little different because there's a call in between your raise and the 3 bet.

Thanks for sharing!