Re: How\'s your SSNLHE?: AKs
Overall general comments:
Q #1 -- Alot of folks say 4xBB+1BB per limper is the guide to use in this situation (myself included). And yet the majority of folks are advocating a 3xBB+1BB per limper raise in the quiz hand. When in doubt, and against unknowns, I use the 4x guide. If I find I need more/less at a particular table to get the proper amount of action, I will adjust.
Q #2- I posted about pushing JJ preflop in a somewhat similar situation a couple weeks ago. And alot of folks were hesitant about doing something like that. Now in this quiz, we see a majority of SSNL'ers are hesitant to throw a reraise in there after MP calls for the second time. These situations don't come up alot, but when they do you should be able to capitalize on them.
Look at how the Hero's hand looks to villian if he were to raise it to $45. Hero PFR'd after 2 limps (strength), then a shortie push, a call, and now Hero re-reraises (mucho strength). MP is very hardpressed to call OOP against that kind of strength. Put this move in your TAG arsenal. It's a very good weapon.
And I wonder sometimes if some people hesitate to speculate so much like this preflop because of bankroll issues. Be very comfortable in your bankroll. Don't get all tight/weak when the pot starts getting large. Play goot poker and you stack more than you get stacked.
Q #3 - There's a division of insight in this question as well. The key to this Q is probably building a pot for the times that you do hit your hand; if you bet here, get a call, you can probably stack MP if you hit a flush. But, as in all things poker, there's more than one way to play a hand, and good players always differ on what is the best line.
Q4 looks like calling is clearly better and most here agree.
Q5's difference in answers is probably related to how Hero played the Hand up to this point. Calling on the end would be more consistent with the line Hero took in the OP hand.
And in Q6, woot, we finally got one of these percentage questions where the vast majority of people got it right.
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