$6.50 - Early stages with AKo

[tedmondh]

PokerStars Tournament, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

UTG (t2865)
UTG+1 (t2435)
MP1 (t1255)
MP2 (t2300)
MP3 (t1125)
CO (t240)
Button (t855)
SB (t990)
Hero (t1435)

Preflop: Hero is in BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
<font color="gray">UTG folds</font>, UTG+1 calls t30, <font color="gray">MP1 folds</font>, <font color="gray">MP2 folds</font>, <font color="gray">MP3 folds</font>, <font color="gray">CO folds</font>, <font color="gray">Button folds</font>, SB calls t15, Hero checks

Flop: (t90) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, <font color="red">Hero bets t60</font>, UTG+1 calls t60, <font color="gray">SB folds</font>

Turn: (t210) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
<font color="red">Hero bets t90</font>, <font color="red">UTG+1 raises to t300</font>, Hero calls t210

River: (t810) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, <font color="red">UTG+1 bets t510</font>, Hero calls t510

I have a feeling that this was not played very optimally. I probably should've raised flop, but please comment on all streets. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[luthar]

Raise more PF
Raise more on Flop (3/4 pot because of draw)
Bet more on Turn... and &lt;insert something like fold/push) to his re-raise...

But if you played PF/Flop correctly, you wouldn't have been in that spot on turn.

[KronikBuddha]

raise preflop, bet more on the turn, bet the river

[djj6835]

Yeah I would raise preflop. Flop bet is fine. If you're going to bet the turn, bet more than 90. I'm probably willing to get it all in on the turn and then bust to villains QJ or KT.

[Sparta45]

Definitely raise pf. It's a drawing hand and you're oop, but it's a strong hand and you want to start to build a pot.

Your flop bet is fine....an argument could be made to bet more, but it's not so bad....bet more on the turn for sure.

[chok1]

i definitely wouldve raised preflop prob 120-180. i wouldve lead out on the flop. and i might have folded the turn.

[djj6835]

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i definitely wouldve raised preflop prob 120-180. i wouldve lead out on the flop. and i might have folded the turn.

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I think folding the turn readless at this buy-in is a mistake. Too many worse kings and weird one pair/draw combos here for me to lay this down.

[AMT]

id raise PF to 100 or 120
id lead flop for a good portion of the pot (3/4?ish)
id generally be willing to go broke played this way


as you played it, you need to be at least like 150 on the turn if youre going to bet.