Seriously?
Joking aside. What are some of you cash game pro's doing with AK? Pre or post flop. In position/out of position.
I'm mostly talking about facing 3bets. Because it seems to me its tricky to play if you miss the flop, or hard to get paid if you hit.
Is it best to just get it in pre and take your chances? Or is that overplaying? some people say "oh you got it all in with ace high..... that's terrible"
Any thoughts much appreciated.
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The people that are saying Gii with AK is terrible are likely terrible themselves lol.
The reason people get it in pre with Ak is that with Ak you really want to see all five cards, as it does give you more chances to hit the A or K of course.
As people have mentioned above it's more player based as to how you play the Ak, but I'll try and address EV as you asked about it.
If you 4bet your AK and get shoved on then it will always be +EV to call it I think if my maths is right. This is if the following is true. Firstly you range villian on QQ+ and AK. Also, this assumes a fairly standard level of 3bet/4bet. So say at 10nl if you open raised for 30p and got 3bet to £1 and then 4bet to say £3 Then if they shoved you'd be looking at calling £7 into a £13 pot.
So you will be working on how often you'd lose £7 more, and how often winning the £13 out there. This should make it a +1.4 with AKs and +0.80 with Akos.
On the flip side of this. If I'm the one that 3bets and am 4bet then at low limits I'd be tempted to just fold and pick a better spot to risk my money.
Great input, cheers guys.
I play 20nl when I play cash. There is a wide range of players, from good regs (both abc and some pretty aggro) to complete stations and some inexperienced players too.
A lot of the time players will come to the table with an odd amount of money (usually under a tenner) and literally not be bothered about playing poker but look to double up or go bust. On the flip side of the coin any player who isn't a reg or someone that I have notes on tends to be quite nitty, so I would 100% agree with the 3bet fold to a 4bet. However the point I made about getting paid when you hit means those nits wont even call 1 street if an A or K has come down on the flop when they have QQ or KK (if an ace hits)
I have no idea why that's in bold lol