Quote Originally Posted by dalecooper
Well........ I did push. He called. I was correct that he had a middle pair (jacks) but I didn't catch an ace or king to take him down. I only wish he had hung around at my table for a couple more hours so hopefully I could get a legit big pair against his next pair of jacks or tens.

The main reason I pushed here was not because I thought I was ahead of him (obviously it was at best a coin flip), but because I didn't want to send the message that he could run over me whenever he wanted, and I figured the possibility of him folding gave me at least break-even EV on the move. Just a shame it didn't work out this time.
I think that if the guy reraised you that hard he wasn't going to lay down to a push. He also knows that he's been pushing you around so he just may have figured you for getting tired of it and pushing with less than stellar cards.

AK is not a preflop allin card for me because whenever the action gets heavy enough to warrant an allin push someone usually calls and has AK beat.

I would either: 1.fold it and get away from the situation. If you hit an A or K, how sure are you that he doesnt have AA/KK...and then what if a J,T, or Q comes and he's suddenly up in your face again?

2. take a flop, but you are really going to have to be able to read him because the 1/3rd of the times you hit an A or K you need to be able to tell when your hand is good.

Really, I go for #1 because I hate not being the raiser PF. There's always going to be a chance to trap him later.


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