This is my homework post for Lesson 2 of the NL Beginners Course, and the first hand I've ever posted! Please be gentle.
Our hero is excited to have dealt himself AKo. So much so, he just presses "Raise Pot" rather than working out 3x the raise, and doesn't pay enough attention to the villain's stack size or stats (5% VPIP, 5% PFR over 42 hands).
IPoker, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 8 Players
SB: $2.95 (147.5 bb)
BB: $0.89 (44.5 bb)
UTG+2: $0.53 (26.5 bb)
MP1: $3.46 (173 bb)
MP2: $2 (100 bb)
MP3: $2.59 (129.5 bb)
CO: $1.04 (52 bb)
Hero (BTN): $2 (100 bb)
Preflop: Hero is BTN with A
K
UTG+2 raises to $0.06, 4 folds, Hero raises to $0.21, 2 folds, UTG+2 raises to $0.53 and is all-in, Hero ?
Questions:
1. What is Hero's best line against the early position raise from a tight short stack?
2. As played, should he call the all-in?
