25 NL - AKo, Nut No Pair...

[PokerSparky]

I get the feeling AK is a hand that's played quite different in NL as opposed to limit.

No read on villain.

Comments on all streets.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
6 players
Converter (http://www.neildewhurst.com/hand-converter)

Stack sizes:
UTG: $22.10
UTG+1: $26.25
Hero: $25
Button: $24.65
SB: $32.75
BB: $25.20

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with A/images/graemlins/spade.gif K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif
UTG folds, <font color="#cc0000">UTG+1 raises to $0.75</font>, Hero calls, 3 folds.

Flop: 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif ($1.85, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">UTG+1 bets $1</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: 4/images/graemlins/club.gif ($3.85, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks.

River: 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif ($3.85, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">UTG+1 bets $1.75</font>, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: $7.35

[gir]

Preflop: I'd reraise, you're in position.
Flop: Either raise or fold. Calling is a waste.
Turn: You should have already folded, but if not, now is the ONLY time to win the pot once you've flat called.
River: Fold.

Lesson 1: AK is a good hand, but it's -EV if you misplay it. Just because you have a high card does not mean you have the best hand.

Lesson 2: Who cares if he's bluffing? Let someone else learn the lesson and take a note of it. There's no point losing $7 with a less than marginal hand to find out.

Lesson 3: You won his $7? Congrats! You'll lose it the next 8 out of 10 times you pull this. Get a read first, then use it. Otherwise, fold with nothing.

[bk1]

you should have raise preflop.

and don't call with no draw and no pair.

[r987r]

id rather bet turn as played... on river i fold

[bear]

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you should have raise preflop.

and don't call with no draw and no pair.

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I agree, unless you have a plan. For instance, raising or betting the turn.

I think its crazy to fold 3 to 1 odds on the river. I see maybe 55-77, a continuation bet with AT-AK, rarely a set or straight, and sometimes flush/straight type hands. Call or raise. Raising will eliminate small pairs, I would estimate, 40% of the time.

[Grunch]

Coldcalling on the bn is OK but you need to understand why. Your first choice should be to reraise pf.

Fold the flop. Sometimes raise. You have offsuit rags.

[Sir Winalot]

I would usually raise preflop. If I would call that flop I would do it to float, in which case I'm allways firing away on turn. I would fold the river.

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Coldcalling on the bn is OK but you need to understand why.

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Grunch, under what circumstances would you call this preflop and why? Because I would like to know the why part of it. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif