Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
SB: $51.25 (102.5 bb) complete unknown
Hero (BB): $160.31 (320.6 bb)
UTG: $50 (100 bb)
MP: $51.79 (103.6 bb)
CO: $50.73 (101.5 bb)
BTN: $111.38 (222.8 bb) VPIP: 16, PFR: 12, 3B: 7, AF: 3,3, Hands: 134
Preflop: Hero is BB with A
K
3 folds, BTN raises to $1, SB raises to $3.50, Hero raises to $8.50, BTN raises to $18, SB calls $14.50, Hero???
Should we consider seeing flop in such spot?? What BTN is selling here?
Hey gAsheks,
This line is so unlikely without KK+ (perhaps even just AA when 222bb deep) that I think it's fine to make exploitative fold preflop here with AKs even after cold-4betting. If it's SB that 5bets then obviously we are committed here.
Part of the reason I suspect folding is good is not just due to the preflop price we are getting (which is actually pretty good). It's to do with our reverse implied-odds being out of position while deep with a likely dominated hand.
What you think about considering other options? For example calling those 4 suited combos and cold 4betting AKo? (due to deep situation)
Originally posted by gAsheks
What you think about considering other options? For example calling those 4 suited combos and cold 4betting AKo? (due to deep situation)
Yeah, cold-calling preflop vs SB 3b is totally fine here. Nothing wrong with cold-4b though. The reason we treat the 5b with so much respect is simply because it will happen so infrequently when deep. So we don't need to be worried about cold-4b just because of slim possibility the guy wakes up with AA and 5bets us.
Up-side to cold-calling 3b is we play IP vs SB and keep his range wide. The downside is we risk playing multi-way pot.
Originally posted by w34z3l
If it's SB that 5bets then obviously we are committed here.
Hi,
Let's consider for a 1 sec that SB is 200bb deep. Do we have a fold vs SB 5bet then?
Thank you.
Originally posted by eSKavuS
Hi,Let's consider for a 1 sec that SB is 200bb deep. Do we have a fold vs SB 5bet then?
Thank you.
Yes, we should fold in most cases.
Although keep in mind that while deep we should only be cold-4betting if we expect opponent to a have a reasonably wide flat-4b range. If he just 5bets or folds vs our cold-4b then we should really strong consider flatting his 3b rather than cold-4betting since we don't want to turn AKs into a bluff.
