I suck with AK, misplayed?

[Bork]

The guy is tag/nitty, 17/14/3 and has a won at showdown 60% over 130 hands.


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BB ($20.20)
UTG ($7.25)
MP ($20.30)
Hero ($25.80)
Button ($24.60)
SB ($43.55)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A/images/graemlins/club.gif, K/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP calls $0.25, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $1.5</font>, Button calls $1.50, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to $4.5</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $13.25</font>, Button folds, SB calls $8.75.

Flop: ($28.50) 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $12.55 (All-In)</font>


Should I just call instead of 4-betting? If I four-bet how much. I pushed flop figuring I was screwed, but might fold out AK, or even JJ/TT? If I check for the free card, I have to fold unless I hit on turn. Is that a better idea?

These kind of AK hands where I get 4-bet or I do the 4-betting always make me feel lost.

[Bramsterdam]

Call his 3-bet pre-flop and use your position to play some real post-flop poker.

As played flop shove is fine imo.

[wikemang]

I'd call the 3-bet preflop in position and go from there. As played, meh, your shove is less than 1/2 pot. I doubt he's folding. I think if you're going to 4bet, it should be a 4bet AI preflop.

[BevillTheDevil]

pf if your gona 4bet i would just shove, or call and play with position...i just dont like the 4bet your left with not much monies and your push on the flop doesnt have much FE

[ssdex]

AGREED: 4bet here has to be a shove, shoving asks against a 17/14/3 isnt terrible......calling in position is kind of meh here too, i just get it in for 100bb here probably.

[derosnec]

Assume his 3-bet range is AA-QQ/AK.

He could have AK 9 ways

And he could AA 3 ways, KK 3 ways, and QQ 6 ways.

So you're behind 57% of the time on that flop. If he always calls your push, you have 31% equity at showdown. .31($41)= $12.3. So that's about the size of your bet. Roughly break-even push.

However, he might fold AK some of the time (since he has AK 43% of the time on that flop). So I like the flop push, unless you don't think he 3-bets AK pf.

[Bork]

Thanks for the advice, he snap called me and had QQ. I turned a king, then he started talking about how much of I donk I am, and something about joker stars. So sweet.