AK vs. decent player

[DannyOcean_]

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

CO ($8.35)
Hero ($27.55)
SB ($13.85)
BB ($85.20)
UTG ($23.90)
MP ($61.75)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls $0.25, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $1.25</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls $1, <font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to $5.35</font>, Hero calls $3.85, BB folds.

Flop: ($11.80) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG bets $7.75</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $19.55

My only read is that player is 25/17 over a medium sample, so he looks to be better than a typical donk at least. How do you play AK here, pf and post?

[DannyOcean_]

bump to teach me how to play AK.

[Noodles.]

That's one big raise he made there - I might fold it, since that will often be KK or AA, but that might be too weak.

Rest played ok.

[agood]

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How do you play AK here, pf and post?

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you fold preflop and you fold postflop. you're dominated 99% of the time. If the flop brings an A or K, you're either getting no action from JJ-QQ, getting coolered by KK-AA, or chopping with AK.

fold preflop. Limp, reraise is AA-KK most of the time here. He will not do this with AQ type of hands, so your either a small dog against an underpair or a huge dog against KK-AA.

[vixticator]

Yeah, limp/re-raise is generally going to be a very good hand so just muck PF. If you raised in LP and he re-raised from the blinds, I think you should push some amount of the time with AK. Not here though.

[Big Poppa Smurf]

I would just get pissed at lrr and fold.

[Check_The_Nuts]

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I would just get pissed at lrr and fold.

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ditto, especially if BB is bad. I mean fold preflop...

[hunt1897]

I think you played it fine... The question is, what would you do if K22 flopped rainbow and he made the same bet?

[vixticator]

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The question is, what would you do if K22 flopped rainbow and he made the same bet?

[/ QUOTE ]Er? Instashove?