Big Pot Examples with AK Anyone?

Originally Posted by Renton

First of all, you aren't good enough to lay down big overpairs and TPTK with AK in reraised pots. I know it. The reason I know it is because no one is good enough. These hands are good way too often to be making laydowns ever.

I'm communicating poorly, I'm almost never laying down here. However, w/ an in-position check on the turn, I can frequently keep this pot manageable. If opponent check raises me or even calls a big flop bet I'm suspicious. I want to get in some more money, but I'd rather keep it manageable. This frequently works, because opponent is worried that I have KK on A high board or QQ on K high board and opponent will value river rather than push a lot of times.

Originally Posted by Renton

Let me get this straight, villain raises UTG and you minreraise on the button with your reraising range (which I assume to be JJ+ AQ AK). He calls and the flop is T84. You continuation bet the flop and he raises with his flopped set of 8's.

I fold to his reraise w/out a read, easy. This is the reason this continuation bet is most profitable against set hunters, because they tell me when they have there set. I hate when I get played back at w/ air here, because I fold a lot.

Originally Posted by Renton

The moral of the story is that you were able to get away from 1/2 your range on the flop, but got stacked the other half of the time. Villain called preflop getting 20:1 IO and flopped a set 1/8 of the time, stacking you half the time he flopped a set. 1. Call minreraise with pair. 2. ???????????? 3. PROFIT!

You are way wrong here. He only stacks me when he flop a set AND I flop top pair.

This happens MUCH less likely than just flopping a set. Furthermore, he never gets more than a continuation out of me when I hit air.