i never know what to do w/ AK
 

i never know what to do w/ AK and i suck at NL also. please help.

hadnt been at the table long. villain seemed to be playing fine. he was 20/8 over 20 insignificant hands.

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UTG ($100)
MP ($82.40)
Button ($90.10)
SB ($95.85)
Hero ($93.35)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to $4</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $16</font>, UTG calls $12.

Flop: ($32.50) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero?

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Lead for $25. You will fold a lot of hands in his range.

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He has the Q fold'em

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He has the Q fold'em

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Open folding is generally bad here.

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You couldn't have asked for a better flop with AK (with the exception of A high). Lead for $25-28.

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Open folding is generally bad here.

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I would lead this too.

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He has the Q fold'em

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Open folding is generally bad here.

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Open folding is so under-rated for meta game. Make them respect your checks.

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Lead for $25. You will fold a lot of hands in his range.

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leading w/ $25 and if he calls, that's almost half my stack. what if a blank is on the turn. how to proceed? i feel committed w/ the semi-bluff.

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Lead for $25. You will fold a lot of hands in his range.

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leading w/ $25 and if he calls, that's almost half my stack. what if a blank is on the turn. how to proceed? i feel committed w/ the bluff.

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It's 1/3rd. Give up if called.

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Lead for $25. You will fold a lot of hands in his range.

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leading w/ $25 and if he calls, that's almost half my stack. what if a blank is on the turn. how to proceed? i feel committed w/ the semi-bluff.

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According to your stack size, it's slightly less than a third of your stack. If called, I shut down. I'd re-evaluate if a King or Ace came. I'd hope for a King though, because if he calls the flop, AQ is a definite possibility.