Re: Laying down AK in a tournament from a Poker Pro Magazine Article
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Online agaisnt like 90% of the players this is a very bad fold. Usually people never overbet so much with AA/KK/QQ. Its usually 77-JJ AK/AQ and maaaaybe AJ. So call all day.
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Yeah exactly. I mean villian's not even really overbetting *that* much, his stack is pretty awkward to do anything else. A standard raise (3x) is 17% of his stack. He knows he's gonna be OOP, and he probably has a hand he doesn't want lots of people calling with. If I were in his position, I would be pushing any hand I play, except AA/KK, and maybe QQ, because I know I'm getting the rest of it in on the flop, and I can be more confident that AA/KK is still good on the flop.
Therefore that's an even better argument for calling, because we're almost sure he doesn't have AA/KK (as LSgambler has said), and very likely we're dominating his ace, or at worst a coinflip, with an overlay.
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