Villan(azn lag $250) straddles for $13 in 7 handed 3/5 5-500 spread. I pick up AKss in LP and raise to $26 button folds SB calls ,straddle makesit $100 to go, I make it $200, sb folds straddle tries to shove but dealer says the $200 was last raise ( just realized that was wrong on dealer part as straddle adds a raise,oh well) so he calls and we see a flop of XdXcXh ,very dry very random.now he shoves in last $35 and I call leaving me with $2 so we are about even on money in pot. The turn brings Xd river is Xd we show down he has AKd for the win. I liked going HU with random hand me having AKss but considering the outcome folding preflop seems the best line now. should I have just called the $100 then folded to his shove. or hope he checks .how bad did I play this?

Villain has 50bbs, 7 handed game correct? If yes, than the hand plays itself.

I think you need to either be getting this in pre or folding to the 3 bet. Based on your description of the villain and the $26 flat from the sb I would snap get it in.

why would you raise leaving him with 35 behind? just shove.

wtf

3bet bigger

5bet all in

dont be results oriented

Please don't think like this.

what would've been a better 3 bet amount? ( i did want him to call the $26 at first) this is where it became -EV I am guessing at this point. earlier he showed a bluff after the $100 straddle reraise scarred off UTG+1 ,villian shows J3ss.I guess I was hoping to get a fold from the $200. AK is becoming a trouble hand the last 3 sessions. It is costing me

Initial raise should be $30 ish if not more. Then snap fist pump jam that fool after his repop. Like seriously I would be high fiving the dealer in this spot.

+1

yep

How does AK fair against a range of JJ+ and AK (i add JJ to be generous) when he repops your 26 bux... Flipping, Chopping or Crushed is how it does...

There is no way i fist pump shove this unless i know my vill is a monkey

You think an Asian lags 3bet range against a late position min raise protecting his straddle is JJ+ AK?

A Lag in this forum can mean just about anything....

Also Lags generally lag it up post by sniffing out weakness... Not uberbloating pre... But w.e.

Im just sayin...

you gave a range for a generic TAG player

given descrip of this villain this is absolutely a fist pump shove

OP, do you play 3/5 because you can or because you should?

i play it because i get so tilted playing 4/8 or 8/16 and truth be told the losses in this game can be made up in one session (sometimes one HAND) where in low limit holdem it might take a week to get back 300 . so i started playing this and reading.The closest 1/2 spread (wa. state is anti NL....$500 MAX) is way further from my home and I am not sure how to get better without playing as this is pretty fun using my patience to out wait players who are there to gamble .this state has $10k fine for internet poker so I am not even going to think about it. there is a wack 20/40 game about 10 miles north of the joint i go to but that would make it 75 miles round trip to play cards . I am open to suggestions...

Flat his 3bet if you think you have an edge postflop.

Oh yeah, and bet more in a straddled pot like 45.

Just ship it pre. What's the point of raising to $200 if V only has $250 to start the hand... ****ty spot against a TAG player but you said V is LAG so you should feel good about getting it in with AK

WTF is going on in this thread?

In what universe are we worried about a LAG straddle raising us with 50bb behind and us having AKs?

Snap shove pre AINEC

A LAG's raising range in this spot should be KJ+, AT+, 88+ and can even include SC garbage like 75s... but even if we were to tighten it up to something like AJ+, TT+ we are ahead equity wise...

please don't be results oriented.

It tilts me

Absolutely not. You can't flat for 50% of eff stacks when you have AK. If V has TT/JJ and board hits A 5 3 is he going to stack off? Conversely, when we whiff and board hits 5 8 3 and he shoves are we going to be more likely or less likely to call the remaining $100...

When you have AK in a spot like this its a 100% clear shove or fold, flatting is the worst thing you can do and loses the most value long term.

Agree, bet $45-ish all day

All i was trying to point out was that even a lags usually wide pf range narrows considerably when serious money starts to go in preflop...