NL5 Good spot for AK?
 

Villan is 41/10/1.5 over 50 hands in this session. How do you feel about my call of the 4bet and flop play?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (6 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Button ($3.73)
Hero ($11.21)
BB ($4.60)
UTG ($5.17)
MP ($3.23)
CO ($6.16)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to $0.06</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, CO calls $0.06, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $0.25</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to $1.78</font>, CO folds, Hero calls $1.53.

Flop: ($3.64) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets $0.5</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $3.5</font>, UTG calls $2.89 (All-In).

Turn: ($10.42) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: ($10.42) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: $10.42

Re: NL5 Good spot for AK?
 

Don't call 4bets with AK at NL5, ever

Re: NL5 Good spot for AK?
 

Have you got any 3-betting or 4-betting history with villain? If you think he is a nit, you need to fold here... People often 4-bet with AA, KK and AK only... against that range you're basically dead meat. If you think can open up his range up to a point to which you are at least a coinflip, calling is fine. If you think villain will call a shove with hands worse than yours, then shoving is fine...

Re: NL5 Good spot for AK?
 

i agree with infinity, in fact i think that shoving preflop is fine too (except - as said - if villain is really tight)
you pick up the money already in the pot often enough.

And if you get called: against AA you are in trouble, against KK you are dead to an Ace , against all other hands you have at least a coinflip.

On the other side, if you miss the flop, AK isn't a good hand to play out of position.

Heffer

Re: NL5 Good spot for AK?
 

Preflop is either a push or a fold. I've never played at the $5NL tables so I don't really know the dynamic, but against a standard 41/10/1.5 a really big four-bet worries me. I'm willing to give a range of maybe JJ+ with a tiny chance of AK, and against that range we're kind of dogmeat. Folding to the four-bet would not be out of the question; the only legitimate alternative to my mind is five-betting all-in. Smooth-calling a 90 BB bet and then "playing poker" postflop just seems like a recipe for disaster with a hand like AK that rarely flops better than TPTK.

Without any extra information, I think I'm dumping this hand preflop after the four-bet.