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AKo in SB facing MP min-open and CO call

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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

I decided to squeeze, and made it a bit larger than I would in the BB to try to keep the BB out and get heads-up against one of the other two.

I couldn't see flatting CO's bet, so just reshoved.
Sensible?

no history and no reads on anybody

Pacific Poker - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $11.28
Hero (SB): $10.14
BB: $31.96
UTG: $12.16
MP: $8.45
CO: $3.93

Hero posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has K♣:A♥:

fold, MP raises to $0.20, CO calls $0.20, fold, Hero raises to $0.90, fold, MP raises to $1.60, CO raises to $3.93 and is all-in, Hero raises to $10.14 and is all-in, MP calls $6.85 and is all-in

Flop: ($20.93, 3 players) 6♥:T♣:T♦:

Turn: ($20.93, 3 players) 9♣:

River: ($20.93, 3 players) K♥:


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

I think so, but the CO player takes a suspicious line with calling first and 5bet shoves with a small stack. Also the min 4bet of the original raiser is suspicious. It's a spot I would fold AK most of the time.

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SDK1987


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It seems pretty standard hand to me. I am never folding here without any specific information and players with no full stacks


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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

Originally posted by NapoleonBonaparte135
It seems pretty standard hand to me. I am never folding here without any specific information and players with no full stacks

Just sose ya know...
This is 888 and people have the tendency to call and raise very wide.
I always need to keep in mind that opponents will assume I do as well.

Here is the full hand:
Pacific Poker - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $11.28
Hero (SB): $10.14
BB: $31.96
UTG: $12.16
MP: $8.45
CO: $3.93

Hero posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has K♣:A♥:

fold, MP raises to $0.20, CO calls $0.20, fold, Hero raises to $0.90, fold, MP raises to $1.60, CO raises to $3.93 and is all-in, Hero raises to $10.14 and is all-in, MP calls $6.85 and is all-in

Flop: ($20.93, 3 players) 6♥:T♣:T♦:

Turn: ($20.93, 3 players) 9♣:

River: ($20.93, 3 players) K♥:

Hero shows K♣:A♥: (Two Pair, Kings and Tens)

Main Pot [$11.89]: (Pre 35%, Flop 21%, Turn 12%)
Side Pot#1 [$9.04]: (Pre 39%, Flop 21%, Turn 12%)

MP shows J♣:J♠: (Two Pair, Jacks and Tens)

Main Pot [$11.89]: (Pre 57%, Flop 77%, Turn 79%)
Side Pot#1 [$9.04]: (Pre 61%, Flop 79%, Turn 88%)

CO shows A♠:8♥: (One Pair, Tens)

Main Pot [$11.89]: (Pre 9%, Flop 2%, Turn 10%)

Hero wins $11.30
Rake paid $1.04
Hero wins $8.59


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

Than makes the stack of more sense, but villains play with A8o makes no sense.


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Casey55
Joined: 19.07.2010

Without reads I would fold to the action most likely


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sandraardnas
Joined: 11.01.2012

Co is most certainly a fish. Mp has unfull stack and min raise/min 4bets, so he is not trying to play good game as well. So you should be fine here, though its very hard to count properly. Good thing is that even if you are somehow behind, you are definitely not far behind. This combined with rarity of this spot makes it irrelevant to your winrate.
So I guess you should probably focus on more common spots. Of course being able to estimate odds properly in rare spots makes a great player, but I think this comes with experience rather than with working on those spots in session reviews.


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Vampiir142
Joined: 01.10.2017

Without any information I will expect from MP AA, max KK.
CO could have some medium pair.


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mbml
Joined: 27.11.2008

I'm definitely not afraid of CO so you don't really need to consider him - you're clearly way ahead of his range, people in his shoes typically take small PPs which cannot call and play postflop so he opts for the brain-dead option of jamming.

I'm a little concerned about the 90c->1.60 4bet size. But from my experience I think he can have more hands than KK+ in this spot so I'm definitely not folding cos he could have AK AQ QQ JJ still + you have CO crushed.

Also they are both <90bb so clearly this should widen their range as well, esp CO

The line that you need to be afraid of and can consider hero-folding is when you 4bet AK and face a min5bet to $3 at microstakes -> This is AA 70% of the time and KK 20% of the time from my past experience -> People always jam QQ or AK as they do not wnat to get a call and then get a bad flop for their hand.


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