($55s): AK facing big stack min raise.
 

AK has been really giving me problems the last couple days. It misses 100% of flops and my opponents random junk hits 100%. So, although I've still been playing in aggressively preflop, I was unsure of what to do here.

MP1 is a donk. He already doubled me up by calling an all in with A6s.

PartyPoker $55 Speed Tournament, Big Blind is t100 (8 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

UTG (t2010)
UTG+1 (t1275)
MP1 (t6025)
Hero (t3890)
CO (t1520)
Button (t2030)
SB (t1640)
BB (t1610)

Preflop: Hero is in MP2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
<font color="gray">UTG folds</font>, <font color="gray">UTG+1 folds</font>, <font color="red">MP1 raises to t200</font>, Hero ????

Re: ($55s): AK facing big stack min raise.
 

AK or TT? You've said AK but the HH says TT?

Re: ($55s): AK facing big stack min raise.
 

tt i call. with ak i probably raise.

Re: ($55s): AK facing big stack min raise.
 

Sorry guys, was working from a different hand history and forgot to change the hole cards. I have AKo.

Re: ($55s): AK facing big stack min raise.
 

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MP1 is a donk. He already doubled me up by calling an all in with A6s.

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While I don't play the $55, I'd be raising it up to ~1000 here. And besides, it sounds like your AK is due. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Re: ($55s): AK facing big stack min raise.
 

I bump it up to 700 then. I want to get this badboy heads-up.

Re: ($55s): AK facing big stack min raise.
 

Push is fine given table stack sizes and your read. What I'd do depends a lot on how your opponent seems to play.

Meh, ok I like a reraise.....maybe just pot it even though the post flop pot will now be 1/2 of your remaining stack and it allows your other opponents to possibly get involved for 3-way "fun."

Playing this pot will be tricky, though, if he's liable to bet at you on most boards...I'd really hate to lose 700 chips to a jackass.

Bah, ok now I wanna push allin again like I did before I edited this post....lol, this is so dumb. But nah, you have position and can stack this guy if you hit the flop and he does too so I think you gotta raise to ~700 or so.

Yugoslav

Re: ($55s): AK facing big stack min raise.
 

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Push is fine given table stack sizes and your read. What I'd do depends a lot on how your opponent seems to play postflop. I'd isolate but keep the pot sorta small (t600 raise perhaps?) if he will go brok to AK with Ax when an A hits or generaly check/fold when he sees a flop he doesn't like.

However, if he's going to come out firing a ton of flops I'd rather just get it allin since it sounds like he'll pay you off with tons of crappy hands anyway.

Btw, there are 350 chips in the middle so an allin isn't too unreasonable vs. an opponent who can call with quite a few weaker aces IMO.

Yugoslav

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all in is terrible.

Re: ($55s): AK facing big stack min raise.
 

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I'd isolate but keep the pot sorta small (t600 raise perhaps?)

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This was my first thought as well. Hell, how about raising to 500? I don't see much difference.

I don't mind a push, but this deep with position I like trying to extract more value. Yugo's comments about his postflop tendencies are good.

Re: ($55s): AK facing big stack min raise.
 

givin that you have position and the chip counts, I think I'd just call here then play it just like a drawing hand. If you hit, your well conceled, if you miss you have nothing invested. The other plus is if a small stack pushes behind (likely with the "dead money" now in the pot} you have very easy choices. If big stack calls you fold, if he folds you call.