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.
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