$16 - AK vs UTG raiser

[shooot@04]

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I think you are right to try to play your good hands more aggressively - if it is to: narrow the field down, take the pot down then, or get more money in the pot preflop (getting more value out of your premium hands). In this position here the UTG may shove it, although he is probably more likely to call. Most of the time you are going to be playing a hand OOP that relies on a good flop for it's strength. You have a 1 in 3 chance of hitting TPTK; and if the villain does not hold TP weaker kicker, then you are not going to get paid off. The reraise is going to create a bigger pot on the flop - so you are more likely to get all the money in if the right combination of cards occurs - however I'm not sure these narrow set of circumstances justifies the reraise.

Apologies for repeating some of what Towelie said, it wasn't there when I first started typing this.

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^^^what he said^^^

[Scotty_12]

I really dont like the preflop reraise, its a little better if you are CO / BTN, but i would probably still flat in those spots

1. He is opening utg, not that that matters in a 16, but ill still give him a way tigher range than if this came from the button.
2. You are bloating a pot that we have to play OOP, in level 1, without a made hand. Those are three more reasons to not reraise.
3. If you whiff you have to fire w/ no information, and the bet has to be bigger because you made the pot bigger
4. You are playing hit to win because of 1-3, and even then you can hit a K when he has AA, or a case K/A which makes him a set if he is slowplaying a big pair