AK against an all-in in the first hands

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It's depends on what position you are, then if is starts of the tournament, then feel you can fold you hand to wait for better position.
 
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AK if off is all in, if suiter is raise.
 
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If it is at the beginning at the tournament it is an easy fold, just it´s not worth it the chips value to risk your tourney life basic ICM learning :D
 
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There are times when we play poker tournaments and our first hand is AK and someone goes all-in playing before us, like you would play AK in the first hands of a tournament against an all-in from an opponent who has played before us. ?

Yeah thats a hard decision but learning how/when to fold is way harder then learning how to bet...
I would have to fold this one in slow torunaments and play it if I'm like in 1 minute blinds tournaments.
Also you have to consider how much did you spend as for buy-in and think how worth that money is for you.
 
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it is a pure double or nothing but it's different if you bet or call
 
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I don't have luck with this hand, but i think it's good moment to double up.
I prefer play with pair with few players (call before the flop), more chance to get set on the flop and earn some coins. I never call all in with AK at the start.
 
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hi there

i would go all in
allways a good hand to be played

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AK is a drawing hand beaten by a lowly pair of twos. It is much more valuable when the blinds are larger, later in the tournament.
Do you want to risk all so early?
 
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I would even in a $100 Tourney

Why? for the chance to WIN!

Both hands are great.


Thank you for listening!!

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There are times when we play poker tournaments and our first hand is AK and someone goes all-in playing before us, like you would play AK in the first hands of a tournament against an all-in from an opponent who has played before us. ?


I'm not a Howard Lederer fan, but he made a very good point: Why take the chance on going home early?

You have the rest of the tournament to get another good opportunity (which you will).
 
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Position, position position!

How many will still play after you? That is the question you have to ask before deciding whether to go all-in or not with AK in hand.
Imagine: if you are the button or the cutoff, you will probably enter the game against the villain alone. So AK is a very strong hand to despise. Even if, if you keep glowing with the action, you will not get very far in this tournament.
Now, if you are in the top positions, you can get tangled up with two or three in this all-in. So it is already something to consider better.
If others have entered the All-in it is also something to consider better. You will face more than one hand of aces or pairs. So run away while there is time.
 
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All in when I am short stack in tournament and pray it will hold.
I never all in AK early game
 
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No, I would not call all in in my first hand with AK (I have only done it a couple of times in free tournaments), at that initial point you have no reading of your opponent, and you are starting a tournament, you should not risk everything like that from the beginning Unless you are not interested in the game or in the tournament, or the other option is that you see the future and know that you will win, but it is definitely not something that I personally would not do.
 
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depends on who i'm playing with (some friends love to bluff that first hand), and if it's 1vs1, but yeah i would do it at times
 
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it can depend..

AK vs all-in, first hand, I shove back if I feel lucky, things are going my way; I'm not afraid of losing. The expected return, on the first hand isn't the best, but you have to go for it, from time to time.
All the logical answers are correct, first hand isn't the time to shove, no big return, because no big stack to gain, when opponent loses to you. Most you can do is double your all-in amount.
 
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I can not believe this situation where we can go all in before an initial game because you could have two options or win or lose
 
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I usually play the AK strong, its a great hand and wins a lot!
 
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Well, with AK I always go all-in. But sometimes you fail. It's okay, this is a game. But sometimes it happens that I quit.
 
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There are times when we play poker tournaments and our first hand is AK and someone goes all-in playing before us, like you would play AK in the first hands of a tournament against an all-in from an opponent who has played before us. ?
If no one else calls it all in, then I'll go all in, otherwise I'll fold most of the time. Since if there are more than two players in the hand, there is a high probability that I will lose. Another aspect is that the opponent will have a ready-made pocket pair, which is also not very good, especially if it is AA.
 
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There is no sense to go all in with AK in the first hands, if it is slow tournament with long late registration. But in hyper mode I will for sure. In slow tourney they call your AK with QQ+ and you have a big chance to lost it, so to be out from the good tourney at the beginning not so great idea.
 
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