27: hit flop w/ ak, safe board

[runhot]

common spot.
all unknowns.
not really going to get much here unless kq, maybe kj, or someone stuck on 99-qq.
lead out and hope someone else has a piece, or give someone a chance to bet?

Poker Stars, $25 + $2 NL Hold'em Tournament, 10/20 Blinds, 9 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

MP2: 1,500
CO: 790
BTN: 1,470
SB: 1,360
BB: 1,380
UTG: 1,500
Hero (UTG+1): 1,770
UTG+2: 2,230
MP1: 1,500

Pre-Flop: (30) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] dealt to Hero (UTG+1)
UTG folds, Hero calls 20, <font color="red">UTG+2 raises to 120</font>, 2 folds, CO calls 120, BTN folds, SB calls 110, BB folds, Hero calls 100

Flop: (500) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 Players)
SB checks, <font color="red">Hero ?</font>

[sippin_criss]

I'm raising pf, and then crai on flop, I don't see any value in betting.

[blowbubbles]

How about checking the flop, hoping for some action by a 1010-QQ hand, or perhaps by a KQs hand (do they raise with such garbage?). Just calling a flopbet. If no action on flop, then a weakish looking bet on the turn must be fine?

[runhot]

i didnt mention b/c i assumed it was obviuos, but i'm looking for the best way to get all my chips in the middle vs 3 unknowns in a raised pot on a dry board..

not really concerned w/ different preflop lineshere.

[1outer]

I don't really like limping AK UTG +1 in this spot. and I don't really like the flat call. It's not horrible, but this is my reasoning. First off, his raise to 6x the BB is quite large especially for his early/middle position. If there 2 callers behind him before action gets back to you, I don't think you really want to be playing a 4-way pot with so much in the middle PF. Why not 3bet UTG+2? You will squeeze out the cold callers who are prob holding middle pocket pairs and speculative KJ or KQs. Callers could also sense hsi overraise as a marginal pocket pair or two big cards and are calling to bust him when flop comes out garbage-garbage-K or garbage-garbage-A. So I would 3bet him PF and this will help you establish his range even more.

If he pushes all in PF, I would prob tank and call as I am not folding AK in a SNG most of the time. It's too much of a PF shootout to fold that hand, unless you have a wizard ass read. If he flatcalls your 3bet, I would prob be getting it in on the flop as the pot will be too big and he can only call with a flopped set or AA.

I think we can just narrow his range of hands down in half if we 3bet PF.