16: AK vs loose players
 

Do I have to call both of these?

1.

PokerStars Tournament, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

UTG (t3085)
Hero (t1525)
MP1 (t1530)
MP2 (t1230)
CO (t1405)
Button (t1595)
SB (t1675)
BB (t1455)

Preflop: Hero is in UTG+1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
<font color="gray">UTG folds</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to t150</font>, MP1 calls t150, <font color="gray">MP2 folds</font>, <font color="gray">CO folds</font>, <font color="gray">Button folds</font>, <font color="gray">SB folds</font>, <font color="gray">BB folds</font>

Flop: (t375) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
<font color="red">Hero bets t200</font>, <font color="red">MP1 raises to t1380 (All-in)</font>, Hero calls t1175 (All-in)

Turn: (t3130) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)


River: (t3130) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)



2.

PokerStars Tournament, Big Blind is t100 (5 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

Hero (t2145)
CO (t1295)
Button (t4095)
SB (t4090)
BB (t1875)

Preflop: Hero is in UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
<font color="red">Hero raises to t300</font>, <font color="gray">CO folds</font>, <font color="red">Button raises to t4095 (All-in)</font>, <font color="gray">SB folds</font>, <font color="gray">BB folds</font>, Hero calls t1845 (All-in)

Flop: (t6390) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)


Turn: (t6390) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)


River: (t6390) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)

Re: 16: AK vs loose players
 

I call both of these hands.
2. seems pretty standart to me cant find a fold here for any reason (its not even bubble time, rarely I fold AK pf vs one random fish)
1. Yes there are a lot of worse aces out there wich would play this way. And I does not look like twopair/better, these hands often just call IP to push over your turn bet (or call your push)

Re: 16: AK vs loose players
 

hand 1: I bet t250-275 on the flop..Against an unknown, I call..(take a note if he called preflop with AQ)

hand 2: looks good..normally I bet t275, but t300 is fine

Re: 16: AK vs loose players
 

Call hand 1 fold hand 2

Re: 16: AK vs loose players
 

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I agree with this. Him pushing in to the other huge stack seems kinda strong, no?

Re: 16: AK vs loose players
 

1. AQo
2. 77

Re: 16: AK vs loose players
 

hand 1: read dependent, but I tend to call.
hand 2: I would say instacall, looks like Big stack is bullying you out, he wouldn't do that with premium hand.

Re: 16: AK vs loose players
 

150 preflop is fine. I might do 200 also for 1st hand and call his all in on the flop. More than likely I call 2nd hand also, but a good read here would be nice too.

Re: 16: AK vs loose players
 

Hand 1. This is standard against a loose player. Every so often there weaker Ace will 2 pair up.

Hand 2: Villians range would need to be something like 44+,A7s+,KJs+,A9o+ for this to be good. You need to be 55% here against his range. You have a read that he is loose but is he really reraising here that loose ??

Re: 16: AK vs loose players
 

Both hands seem standard to me in a 16, especially if the villains are loose.

Re: 16: AK vs loose players
 

I think in the first hand you definitely have to call. You raised preflop with the intention of getting it all in on the flop if you hit TPTK, no?

Second hand is much more meh, but I definitely call this one as well, I think.

Well played.