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AK UTG ($10NL).
Villain did the betting for me in the end, but how did I play it? He had only joined the table a few hands ago and hadn't seemed overly aggressive.
Is the call ok pre-flop OOP?
Should I bet the turn or is it ok to check?
iPoker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Button ($3)
SB ($9.90)
BB ($9.74)
Hero (UTG) ($10.36)
MP ($10.24)
CO ($10.15)
Preflop: Hero is UTG with Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, Ahttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif
Hero raises $0.40, 1 fold, CO raises $1.35, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.95
Flop: ($2.85) Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, Ahttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, 3http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $1.70, Hero calls $1.70
Turn: ($6.25) 5http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $7.10 (All-In), Hero calls $7.10
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Of course he can have the occasional AA or KK here, but I think most of the times you are good here.
But it is a bit hard to say anything without any reads or info on villain...
Pre flop by calling you pretty much have to connect to continue with the hand post flop. But I dont think calling is extremely bad because if you 4 bet him, you are probably committed.
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Meh, if he checks the turn back you can shove the river.
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I think shoving the river would be overkill if he checked back on turn.
As played seems std. He can only have one combo of AA and one of KK and 4 combos of of AK. He can also have like AQ or whatever some and a random bluff like barely ever but still. I guess very marginal either way.
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his range is mostly AQ right? QQ and lower wouldnt usually play this way and AA, KK are discounted because there's two of each out already. So 6 combos that we dont want to see (ak, aa, kk) and 8 combos of AQ, 8 of AJ (which is sill but probably still there).
If this is his range, hes likely calling or raising any bets we make, so money goes in weather u check or bet, though we lose a little bit of money from his random bluffs we scare off by betting.
i agree with karnouk, by calling you cant exactly continue if you miss. so the only reason i see to do it is if you soul read him for a AQ, AJ type hand...otherwise if you think he has like QQ-TT you should actually reraise or fold so you can get the full value out of racing and get that coin flip as opposed to getting like...half a flip.
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calling Pre seems fine to me, since u cant really put him on anything, if u miss the flop u get out cheap.
on the flop why dont we c/r and get it all in if he re-raises? we got enough blockers that AA/KK are unlikely.
c/c seems too passive to me
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Preflop, standard.
Flop, two pair usually needs to be bet hard early - it's difficult to improve it. This is an odd case, however. His 3bet range can't be much wider than 99+, AJs+, AQ. Nothing in his range except a suited ace would get played this way (other than AA, KK, AK which are unlikely). It's close, but I think you're ahead of his range and made a decent call.
I'm probably raising the flop, hoping to get it all in there.
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Thanks for the replies everyone.