god i suck with AK

[0uTpLaYeD]

What would you have done differently in either of these two AK hands?

Hand 1: Villan is a 60/4/1 over about 138 hands

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PokerStars NL Hold'em Ring - 0.05/0.10 Blinds (5 handed)

Starting Stacks
Seat 1: Big blind ($3.70)
Seat 2: UTG ($7.30)
Seat 3: CO ($2.75)
Seat 4: Button (Hero) ($15.25)
Seat 6: Small blind ($2.90)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K/images/graemlins/club.gif.
UTG calls ($0.10), CO calls ($0.10), Hero raises ($0.60), <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG raises ($2.30), <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero all-in ($15.25), UTG all-in ($5)


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Hand 2: Villan is the same person as in the above hand(60/4/1)


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PokerStars NL Hold'em Ring - 0.05/0.10 Blinds (6 handed)

Starting Stacks
Seat 1: Button ($7.70)
Seat 2: Small blind ($16.25)
Seat 3: Big blind ($1.05)
Seat 4: UTG (Hero) ($11.50)
Seat 5: LP ($9.85)
Seat 6: CO ($4.80)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
Hero raises ($0.40), <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Small blind calls ($0.35), Big blind folds

Flop: ($0.85) K/images/graemlins/spade.gif, Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 7/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Small blind checks, Hero bets ($0.50), Small blind calls ($0.50)

Turn: ($1.85) 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Small blind checks, Hero checks

River: ($1.85) T/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Small blind bets ($0.10), Hero raises ($1.60), Small blind raises ($3.10), Hero calls ($1.50)

Final Pot: $7.7 ($0.40 rake)

Results not shown

[takingcontrol]

I'd bet more on the flop and bet the turn. Giving free cards makes me vomit. River I just call, I see him folding alot of hands you beat to a raise but repopping anything better.

[chess_aggie]

I would have bet the turn, and if he called I would fold or check behind on the river.

[jumbojacks]

Bet turn. Call river. You turned your hand into a bluff.

[sweetwater]

What hands are you beating that call you on the river in hand 2?

[chanchuan]

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What hands are you beating that call you on the river in hand 2?

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A whole lot, since the villain is ultra-loose and hero's turn check makes his hand look weak, villain is not expecting AK here, so we can see a lot of hands like Kx, Qx, still, I raise less on the river, around 1$

[NSchandler]

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What hands are you beating that call you on the river in hand 2?

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A whole lot, since the villain is ultra-loose and hero's turn check makes his hand look weak, villain is not expecting AK here, so we can see a lot of hands like Kx, Qx, still, I raise less on the river, around 1$

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Raising at all on this river is spew. You're right, you might see Kx or Qx a lot, but you're still behind most of it. You're behind KQ, KJ, KT, K9, K7, QJ, QT, Q9, Q7, T9, and any J.

[NSchandler]

Hand #1 seems fine given stack sizes

Hand #2
Bet more on the flop.

Bet the turn, this board is too coordinated to let villain have a free card here. Very often he's going to show up with a hand like KJ, KT, or QJ that has 9 outs against you.

Just call river. TPTK is not a good hand on a board like this. Any 2 broadway cards other than AQ or AT are ahead of you at this point.