Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 28
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swiggidy;
I don't think you did anything wrong here, I prefer not to play for all the chips early on with AK or even AKs. I play AK like I play my middle pocket pairs (7's-10's) limp with them from early and middle position and raise 9's-10's from late position, fold to re raise all in. Limping seems to save me a lot of trouble with AK and AQ. I can see the flop cheaply and there's no need to continuation bet if I miss, plus it conceals the strength of my hand. I play this way until I have around 10-12x BB at which point I am ready to play for all the chips. If raised to me I will normally re-raise all in with big slick. If in position, I will push all in pre-flop to steal so my opponents will call later when I have big pocket pair  The down side to this is sometimes you can get outdraw by hands like small pairs and give your opponents a chance to make a big hand and you are drawing dead. I think for me the lesson to be learned is not to get married to AK, its a great hand when it improves but almost a rag when it misses the flop. TJ Cloutier says to play AK like you would play a pair of 10's. Just my $.02 worth.
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