I can't wait to fold AK after my c-bet. It is not a top 5 hand, neither is AKs. They are behind the pocket pairs. I'd rather get dealt a small pocket pair to set stack someone than AK. Don't 3 bet as you will fold out the weak king and weaker ace that you need in the pot post flop. If you get a lot of heat like a big check raise,depending on the player, i'd drop top pair top kicker.
AK is used to out kick the ace and king hands in the pot with you.
20BB or less I would call it off, 25BB or more I would just fold it. AK get beaten by any trash hand 35% of time,and any pair has way to much equity against it. There is still plenty of poker to be played at 25BB or more.What about allin preflop calling off??
Don't consider AK a monster. Don't call preflop all-in from tight player. I often don't 3bet early open raise and see flop, especially in position.
Since you quoted my post and alerted me personally, I'll answer your question...
Let's say we're 200bbs deep in a 2-5$ cash game... EP opens to $15, I 3 bet to $45( with AK), button 4 bets to $135 and bb(nit) 5bet jams all in(has me covered)... i think that's a perfect scenario when to think about folding AK( bc you're now a flip at best and you arent getting correct pot odds to stack off). There's other spots too, if you need me to explain.
3bet is not three times the betting, 3bet is bet, raise, and reraising (experts correct me plz in case I'm wrong and it's only betting in all betting streets until the river), get back to the scratchboard, hope you understand PT4 or whatever better now
I never said a 3bet was 3 times the raise lol. Let's say someone open raises the pot... The next raise would be considered a 3bet, raise after that would be a 4bet and so on. Think its back to the scratch board for you lol
It also depends if you have suited AK, makes quite a difference. I prefer to raise pre-flop and then go from there depending on flop... If you're tired to drop out from tournaments with AK, stop putting all your chips with that hand... Btw try to NEVER BE SCARED in poker, what are you scared off? Cards? NEVER!
When facing a 3-bet/4-bet from a player who is say 14/8/3 over 200+ hands.When are you folding it?