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Originally Posted by Daniel72
Hey guys, i watched a low stakes STT training video last night. The coach explained, that he doesn´t like building a big pot with AK in the early (10/20) stages, if some player(s) are already in with a limp or raise. I agree, 1500 starting chips are not much and costs add up quickly (seeing some flops, failed conti bets and so on) and you are short very soon.
Instead he wants just to call with AK - if he hits the flop it´s ok (proceeding with caution here too) and if not, then he simply folds. (remembers me of the easy to play low pairs) And his hand AK is also well disguised because he didn´t raise/reraise preflop.
A mixture of caution and disguise.
What do you think about not raising AK early in STT´s?
I think AK is allways a hand to raise if nobody bets until our position or to pay a raise. Of course that, in case of earlier SNG, we should play that hand with caution: if anyone goes all-in we should fold; If we raise and someone pays we have to see if the flop brings the A or K (if not bring we fold at any raise)...
But with AK we should raise, of course, in my opinion.
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