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Tricky Spot with AK OOP

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sabu22
Joined: 21.03.2015

No Limit Hold'em $0.25/$0.50
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6 players
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Stacks:
UTG - UTG ($132.83)
MP - MP ($70.83)
CO - CO ($50.00)
BTN - BTN ($37.30)
SB - Hero ($128.95)
BB - BB ($155.77)

Preflop: ($0.75, 6 players) Hero is SB with K♦: A♣:
UTG raises to $1.75, 3 folds, Hero calls $1.50, 1 fold

Flop: 4♦: A♥: 4♠: ($4.00, 2 players - Hero: $127.20, UTG: $131.08)
Hero checks, UTG checks

Turn: 9♥: ($4.00, 2 players - Hero: $127.20, UTG: $131.08)
Hero bets $2.53, UTG raises to $6.96, Hero calls $4.43

River: 6♠: ($17.92, 2 players - Hero: $120.24, UTG: $124.12)
Hero checks, UTG bets $17.02, Hero calls $17.02

Total Pot: $51.96
UTG shows 6♦: 4♥: (a full house, Fours full of Sixes)
Hero mucks K♦: A♣:

UTG wins $49.96

Preflop: I decide to just call UTG's 3.5x open with AK in the Small Blind. It conceals the strength of my hand and i usually dislike playing a huge pot OOP if i miss.

Flop: I plan to check/call when i hit top pair on this flop, hoping villain bets a worse ace or a hand like JJ-KK and possibly catch some bluffs if villain was raising light UTG.

Turn: When villain checks back the flop i feel like i have the best hand. So i decide to bet. The 9 changes nothing. When villain raises i think my hand is under repped or villain could be trying to push me off my hand so i call the raise.

River: Villain decides to bet the pot. I didn't like the bet, but at the same time my hand is very concealed and thought maybe we were chopping or villain could be doing this with a worse ace? Sometimes villain has 99 here i guess or checked back a monster on the flop. I do however block a lot of villains value range like AA,AK,AQ so i felt like a call was fine.

Overall: Maybe i could have got away from this hand. Did i play this poorly?


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LemOn36
Joined: 07.02.2009

Definitely 3 bet in SB, unless he's a fish and has a sizing tell and this is always AA you should actually 3bet more often when someone makes it bigger .

As played I prefer a turn check. When someone checks this board he either has Ax that he pot controls and will bet now some random midair or just garbage that gave up or plans on delay cbetting and your range should be very weak here .

As played ugh, I curse , kick my cat and click call too


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LemOn36
Joined: 07.02.2009
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DAYETTAY
Joined: 03.10.2015

Just kidding about the cat, I love Mr.cat very much

If i was in heros' shoes in this hand, after seeing the spoiler of what UTG had, i 'm telling you now that cats going through the fucking roof.


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Titan8
Joined: 18.02.2014

I agree with Lemon.
PF, on NL50 btw, AKo on SB is clear 3bet I think. Calling range on SB is very tight, vs late positions I dont have calling range on SB, only 3bet or fold.
As played, check on flop is good and when I think about turn, I like idea about checking again. He can try to bluff with low hands, he bets Ax combos and against other hands we dont have two barrels I think. And at least, we protecting checking range. If villain is too passive, bet T+R is better option.
As played, OTR his lane looks very strong but he represents 5 combos? One AA combo, three 99 combos, one 44 combos. Which means if villain have 2 combos of bluff here, you can profitable call. He can have a lot of heart broadways combos, so I call in this spot.
Okey, I think 64o is so sick hand from UTG, it seems like missclick ...


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sabu22
Joined: 21.03.2015

After seeing this player had 64o I was very tilted. Perhaps, a 3-bet pre would've saved me some money if villain was raise folding this kind of junk. On another note, i discovered this player was a complete maniac based on my observations in later hands. Thanks for the input guys.:f_drink:


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EthereaL
Joined: 04.10.2008

Preflop is where you played poorly. As played, postflop is fine. Turn check is worth considering as suggested.


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Varune
Joined: 24.04.2009

Preflop is a 3bet in general.

Postflop, Turn definitely is a bet, you have a few weaker aces in your range here that can play for pot control. Also you don't block the possible backdoor flushdraws that he has and you want to start vbetting against his weaker aces/flushdraws.


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