PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (6 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Hero (t17969)
BB (t23138)
UTG (t7294)
MP (t23200)
CO (t5210)
Button (t20953)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, A.
1 fold, MP raises to t1850, 2 folds, Hero ???


okay let me elaborate more. I was wondering what to do here. folding seems too terrible, so I think i have two options.

1) I could raise and see what happens, but if he re-raises me what am I going to do?
2) OR i could flat and play a pot OOP with AK which isnt the greatest feeling in the world

what would you do here?

Any reads on MP?

Raise. Raise, raise, raise. Raise; raise. Raise.

Calling is a recipe for check/folding the best hand. Maybe you hit, and maybe you get action, but probably not. Even if you do, it's hard to get too much value oop.

Here, with 30 bb, the question isn't whether or not to raise, it's how much to raise, and I would go with something like 6000-6500. This leaves you covered for all eventualities. If he shoves on you preflop, you get your chips in the pot as fast as you can. Do you have some problem getting your money in with a monster hand? If he flats, you shove the flop, pretty much whatever comes out. By raising to 6000-6500, you put about 12.5k-13.5k in the pot, and leave 10k or 11k in your stack, so you get pretty good odds to shove with what is probably still the best hand. Even if you're beat on the flop, it's unlikely you're more than a 3 to 1 dog. Usually they'll fold. Piece of cake.

nope no reads

nvm was a dumb comment

I shove, end it pf oop. Or go and go works, but I hate flops. They always suck.

this.

I hate to be kinda noobish, but what kind of dynamics do you need for a go and go?

Well, you need to be OOP or you can't do the second go. You need to think your opponent has a somewhat wide range, and a decent hand never hurt (these work together, the wider I think my opponent is raising the wider I'd go and go, although in this particular hand I'd do it against anyone with something as strong as AKo.) Also, you need a stack size such that after you 3bet PF and villain calls you have roughly a PSB to shove on the flop.

raise...call a shove