4/180 AK on button - 1st hand

Uncle_Billy · #1 12-22-2006, 07:27 PM

Thoughts? Standard?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) internettexasholdem.com

Hero (t1500)
SB (t1500)
BB (t1500)
UTG (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1500)
MP1 (t1500)
MP2 (t1500)
MP3 (t1500)
CO (villian)/ (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
5 folds, CO(villian)/ raises to t100, Hero raises to t300, 2 folds, CO :#A500AF(villian)/ raises to t1500, Hero calls t1200 (All-In).

shaundeeb · #2 12-22-2006, 07:31 PM

just shove 1st time around.

Uncle_Billy · #3 12-22-2006, 07:39 PM

Why shove 1st? And would you also shove with AA / KK?

0evg0 · #4 12-22-2006, 07:42 PM

a)because AK is better than what they have and they always call

b)yes

shaundeeb · #5 12-22-2006, 07:53 PM

I shove like 55+ and AQ+ first hand.

Xanthro · #6 12-22-2006, 08:18 PM

In the 4/180 people will call a shove with literally nothing. You'll see J5o call an all in.

AK is way ahead of their range. Sometimes you'll be WB but usually you're WA or it's a coin flip.