AK offsuite and 3 bet what to do?
04-13-2018
, 11:24 AM
Hey guys first time poster in this thread and hopefully the first of many posts for me. I'm a long time rec poker player who is looking to take the game more seriously by reading books and discussing hand histories so here I am. Since this is my first post in this section, please let me know if there is anything wrong with the formatting of how I posted my hand.
Playing 1/2 NL and my effective stack size is roughly around $360 and villain has me covered. Villain appears to be a competent reg as I've played with him once before briefly....he's a young Asian guy. No hand history between us, but he has seen me 3bet then jam on another opponent who I had covered with A
Q , which will come into play in this hand. He's also seen me raise pre with hands like 3
4 for $8 from the cutoff, so he may view me as somewhat loose. On the other side I've seen this guy call down with bottom pair like it was nothing. In any case, not a lot of hand history.
Hero: UTG w/$360
Villain: MP2 w/ ~$500
I have A
K and raise to $15. My initial raises have been all over the place from $6 to $12, but I had not put one out for $15 at this point. Folds to villain. Villain doesnt think too long and raises to $45. My thought process at this point is that he has a big pocket pair and because I have AK, I put him specifically on QQ... Being a rec that has some idea of hand equity, I know I'm behind but I figure it's not by much maybe like 52% to 48% (turns out it's more like 57/43). Everyone else folds.
At this point I decided I wasnt folding and I wasnt calling but re-raised to $135 with the thought process that I was playing this like I had AA or KK. He thinks for a good while I'd say around a minute before going all in.
So at this point there is effectively $510 in the pot now (I think I got that right) and I have $210 left. My question at this point can I fold getting 2.5-1? Obviously there is some chance (good chance?) here that I'm already crushed as villain could have AA or KK.
What would you do?
Playing 1/2 NL and my effective stack size is roughly around $360 and villain has me covered. Villain appears to be a competent reg as I've played with him once before briefly....he's a young Asian guy. No hand history between us, but he has seen me 3bet then jam on another opponent who I had covered with A
Q , which will come into play in this hand. He's also seen me raise pre with hands like 34 for $8 from the cutoff, so he may view me as somewhat loose. On the other side I've seen this guy call down with bottom pair like it was nothing. In any case, not a lot of hand history.Hero: UTG w/$360
Villain: MP2 w/ ~$500
I have A
K and raise to $15. My initial raises have been all over the place from $6 to $12, but I had not put one out for $15 at this point. Folds to villain. Villain doesnt think too long and raises to $45. My thought process at this point is that he has a big pocket pair and because I have AK, I put him specifically on QQ... Being a rec that has some idea of hand equity, I know I'm behind but I figure it's not by much maybe like 52% to 48% (turns out it's more like 57/43). Everyone else folds.At this point I decided I wasnt folding and I wasnt calling but re-raised to $135 with the thought process that I was playing this like I had AA or KK. He thinks for a good while I'd say around a minute before going all in.
So at this point there is effectively $510 in the pot now (I think I got that right) and I have $210 left. My question at this point can I fold getting 2.5-1? Obviously there is some chance (good chance?) here that I'm already crushed as villain could have AA or KK.
What would you do?
Last edited by thedude404; 04-13-2018 at 11:29 AM.
Reason: explained everyone else folded
