AK versus TJ

[Tjaco]

AK versus TJ, both unsuited. TJ raises 90, AK reraised 180, TJ checked.
Flop AKQ. Both go all in. (turn Q; river 9) I had AK and finished, Damn.

I think, I had better make the all in before the flop, or make a bigger reraise, but with AK you never know.

Again out against worse card. Yeah, what can I do about that?

 

[oluaris]

what were the blinds?
what were the positions?
stack sizes?
table image?

 

[bhanacik]

AK is a tricky hand to play pre-flop, but I'd say your raise looks good, if I'm understanding it correctly

 

[widowmaker]

I probably would have done the same, AK is a great hand but if you don't catch anything on the flop then it can be a little bit discouraging, I don't see anything wrong with your raise but it depends on the stack sizes as well as the blinds.

 

[bw07507]

You have to reraise to atleast 270 preflop, hes getting odds to call with pretty much any two cards with your min reraise

 

[OzExorcist]

I'd agree - the minimum raise is just inviting a call, it doesn't give you much information if it's called and it doesn't do much to build the pot if you really think you're ahead.