$Freeroll NLHE MTT: AKo

[mariussica88]

Late stage at this tournament, 55 players remaining and 9 get payed. I moved at this table and played only 8 hands here so not much info on the opponents.

Should I called here? Should I 3-bet the min raise?


pokerstars - 1400/2800 Ante 280 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

SB: 243,398 (86.9 bb)
BB: 350,838 (125.3 bb)
UTG: 165,924 (59.3 bb)
UTG+1: 617,622 (220.6 bb)
MP: 264,416 (94.4 bb)
MP+1: 134,522 (48 bb)
Hero (CO): 239,424 (85.5 bb)
BTN: 341,895 (122.1 bb)

8 players post ante of 280, SB posts 1,400, BB posts 2,800

Pre Flop: (pot: 6,440) Hero has
fold, UTG+1 raises to 5,600, 2 folds, Hero calls 5,600, 2 folds, BB raises to 30,800, UTG+1 calls 25,200, Hero folds

Flop: (70,840, 2 players)
BB bets 35,000, fold

Results: 70,840 pot (0 rake)
Final Board:

BB wins 70,840

 

[fundiver199]

Personally I pretty much 3-bet AK 100% of the time against a min-raise. The issue with just calling is, you let other players into the pot, and AK tend to play much better heads-up. But with that being said there are some merits to sometimes call a very strong hand like this to be more unpredictable, so its not like, its a big mistake to not 3-bet, especially against an EP open. Folding to the squeeze is way to tight though. Part of the whole reason, why its nice to have hands like AK in your calling range, is so that you have hands, that can defend against a squeeze. This line looks like, you just dont want to play a big pot, and this is definitely something, you need to rethink.