AKo (Cold call or 3-bet)

[Moose]

One thing I didn't notice, but if you are concerned about deception, I would think that reraising AK here is important because if you only raise big pairs you may be giving away a lot. If you're looking to "give a little value back" with deception, I'd say always reraise with AK and the occasional low suited connector. But even that may be bad, although I see players who are otherwise winners occasionally threebet with 76s.

[NinaWilliams]

The value you gain from deception doesnt outweight the value you lose by making a terrible 3 bet with 76s. I wouldnt be concerned about deception in a multiway pot anyway.

[Moose]

Fair enough. Like I said, it looks really weak to me but players who I have booked as winners in my PT DB like to do that from time to time.

[sethypooh21]

Apa,

I don't disagree with what you are saying in the abstract. I think the instances you have used as instances to apply that theory are erroneous as an empirical matter. AK just isn't that tough to play in limited hold them so as to require this mythical "perfect play" to realize your EQ edge. The same with KQs in the BB with many limpers (yes KQs is harder to play OOP multiway, but not by nearly as much as would be necessary to make checking your option > raising)