Super Strong Speculative Hand

GTSamIAm · #1 03-22-2006, 01:55 PM

I sat down at this table a few hands ago, I'm in the SB. The BB is perhaps loose and passive, I saw him snap someone's weak bluff with ace high. The raiser I have no reads on.

UTG+2 ($20)
BB ($13)
SB (Me) ($25)

BB is $0.25

I have AKs. UTG+2 raises 4x BB. I call. BB calls.

The flop is 258 with two of my suit. I have a super strong hand, but what's my most profitable play...? Should I bet out, check/call, or check/raise? I bet about 4/5 the pot since a bad turn card could kill my equity...

aces_dad · #2 03-22-2006, 04:14 PM

bet/3bet AI is fine if UTG+2 will oblige. If not c/r AI is okay though a bit of an overbet. Both actions are better than c/c on this flop.

I also rr PF here.

Dan Bitel · #3 03-22-2006, 04:20 PM

bet/3bet all in and C/R AI are both fine

jjigglers · #4 03-22-2006, 05:04 PM

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bet/3bet AI is fine if UTG+2 will oblige. If not c/r AI is okay though a bit of an overbet. Both actions are better than c/c on this flop.

I also rr PF here.

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You re-raise OOP with AK here?

aces_dad · #5 03-22-2006, 05:16 PM

Yes, to like 12xBB or so, and lead most flops HU.

gurgeh · #6 03-22-2006, 05:58 PM

I'd bet less. Getting cheeky OOP here doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, as any push looks like a FD. You aren't afraid of overs. You aren't afraid of a three-flush. I'm by no means an expert, but I think leading for half the pot sounds good here. If you do that and one or both of them call, you build the pot without risking a lot of chips on the nut no pair. You may even win the pot right there, and if a worse A, K, or FD gets there with you, you can half-pot it again and very possibly get it in a nasty reraise.