AK vs AQ

[Kennyseven]

....Did I play this wrong?


Transcript for your last 1 games requested by Kenseven13 (ckenn13@aol.com)
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pokerstars Game #13308309835: Tournament #66631359, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2007/11/17 - 23:31:39 (ET)
Table '66631359 44' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: lindylou (3139 in chips)
Seat 2: owen31 (41135 in chips)
Seat 3: Kenseven13 (15730 in chips)
Seat 4: JohnDoE6767 (6030 in chips)
Seat 5: ermanator (18881 in chips)
Seat 6: CTRLFreak (19602 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 7: carajo18 (13680 in chips)
Seat 8: esqulax24 (9510 in chips)
Seat 9: skankbudda (7973 in chips)
lindylou: posts the ante 75
owen31: posts the ante 75
Kenseven13: posts the ante 75
JohnDoE6767: posts the ante 75
ermanator: posts the ante 75
CTRLFreak: posts the ante 75
carajo18: posts the ante 75
esqulax24: posts the ante 75
skankbudda: posts the ante 75
ermanator: posts small blind 400
CTRLFreak: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kenseven13 [Kh Ah]
carajo18: folds
esqulax24: folds
skankbudda: folds
lindylou: folds
owen31: raises 2400 to 3200
Kenseven13: calls 3200
JohnDoE6767: folds
ermanator: folds
CTRLFreak: folds
*** FLOP *** [Kc 4h Jd]
owen31: bets 3200
Kenseven13: calls 3200
*** TURN *** [Kc 4h Jd] [Kd]
owen31: bets 34660 and is all-in
Kenseven13: calls 9255 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [Kc 4h Jd Kd] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
owen31: shows [Ac Qs] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
Kenseven13: shows [Kh Ah] (three of a kind, Kings)
owen31 collected 33185 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 33185 | Rake 0
Board [Kc 4h Jd Kd Ts]
Seat 1: lindylou folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: owen31 showed [Ac Qs] and won (33185) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 3: Kenseven13 showed [Kh Ah] and lost with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 4: JohnDoE6767 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: ermanator (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: CTRLFreak (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: carajo18 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: esqulax24 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: skankbudda folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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[jeffred1111]

What do you really think at the bottom of your heart/brain ? Did the money go in with you as a favourite or a dog since, basically, this is how we judge a play that puts AI. Once you've answered that question yourself, you'll have your answer.

 

[jeffred1111]

Argument could be made for pushing AK here because of stack size + the presence of antes but I like standard pf raise too.

 

[Kennyseven]

What do you really think at the bottom of your heart/brain ? Did the money go in with you as a favourite or a dog since, basically, this is how we judge a play that puts AI. Once you've answered that question yourself, you'll have your answer.

I get it. I got the money in there. I guess this should go into the bad beat section.

 

[blankoblanco]

i'm shoving preflop, although i don't think calling is terrible per se. but you've got under 20 BBs, with antes to be won, and you're facing a 4 BB raise in front. AKs misses the flop like 2/3 of the time, but fares much better when it's ensured seeing all 5 cards. or you'll just take the pot down preflop instead of missing and getting pushed off the flop by a weaker hand because they were the aggressor

flop is fine imo, though you can raise all-in if you want. given that he double barreled with nothing here, just calling on the flop was probably a good play against this villain. against someone who rarely double barrels but can't fold top pair, pushing is likely best. player dependent. as played you got it in as like an 8:1 favorite, don't see a big problem with that