Feel like I've been overplaying AK lately and would like some refreshers on positional preflop 3betting/4betting with this hand. I'm going to make a couple scenarios and would like to hear if you would call, raise, or fold. Assume all hands are 6max, ~100bb deep, standard raise sizes, 25/50nl. Please no "it depends" answers, I can use my intuition while playing. Also not going to say if it's suited or not, if you think suited matters in the specific scenario please state why! Don't feel like you need to answer all of them!

Scenario 1:
Hero is lojack AK, gets 3bet from BB (with 9% 3bet).

Scenario 2:
Hero is SB with AK, MP raises (21% RFI), hero 3bets and faces 4bet.

Scenario 3:
Hero is MP with AK, Button 3bets (with 4-5% 3bet).

Scenario 4:
Hero is BB with AK, Lojack raises (19% RFI), MP 3bets (9% 3bet), folds to us. Hero?

Scenario 5:
Hero is MP with AK, SB 3bets (9%), Hero 4bets then faces jam.

Also any advice on jamming over 4bets with it. Last session I played, both pre and postflop from AA trap.

Thanks!

1: I'd call because position and his range shouldn't be that wide considering positions of both players.

2: It does depend. On Ignition, I'd fold. Stars games are more aggressive so maybe it's a jam, idk.

3: I'd call. I don't hate 4b/fold either.

4: It seems like a snap fold. MP's 3-bet range isn't 9% from MP. 3b stat is pretty worthless by itself here.

5: I don't think there's a big difference between calling or folding this one. If you don't think he'll shove JJ, it's a fold.

It depends on positions. If I 3-bet in the blinds vs. a c/o or button raise, I'm always jamming. Same for being button vs. c/o.

1 - What is lowjack? If it's UTG I flat, if it's cutoff I 4b.

2 - I flat.

3 - I flat.

4 - I flat my range.

5 - Sigh call but wouldn't four bet in first place.

This all sounds nitty as hell when I read it back. But population is nitty as hell generally, and so I tend only to get it in when mine or villain's open is in a steal spot now. So I flat my range if three betted when UTG or highjack, and if I three bet vs opens from those positions, I flat any 4bet. if these villains are on aggro fishy side that obviously changes everything.

@.isolated

Thanks for the replies! #4 surprised me as a fold. Guess I'll be playing a lot tighter pre with this hand.

@MouseyB

Thanks! Sounds like you both have the same ideas. Lojack is UTG in 6max

Didn't want to quote both you guys, would get too long.

#1) Call

#2) Shove, I like having a bigger shoving range pre which includes some JJ+, AK even vs earlier positions to put them in some tough spots w their QQ,JJ and,AK + fold out any bluffs that will have decent equity against AK.

#3) Call, expecting linear 3bet range and get to dominate AQ which he likely folds to 4bet.

#4) I cold 4bet here. Got to keep something in my range other than AA,KK, and we have the NUT blockers. If he 5bet shoves we can cry fold.

#5) In position I prefer a call to the 4bet, but if we 4bet we could also cry fold to a 5bet shove.

I seem to play a bit looser pre than most. If i can use it as a 5bet Shove OOP i like doing that too. Sure you'll run into AA/KK some of the time's which will never fold, but you also put QQ,JJ,AK, in a very tough spot. I also play 25nl and not 50nl.

A review of my database on NL2 over a 150k sample showed that 4beting AK was much more profitable than flatting (same for QQ), so that's what I've been doing in most situations.

1. Call

2. I usually shove here but always feel a bit uneasy about it. Like, I would snap jam against a CO open/4-bet but can probably get away with folding against an UTG open/4-bet.

3. Call

4. Probably fold? Maybe that's the nit in me, but facing an open from UTG and a 3-bet from HJ is scary enough that I don't want to 4-bet. I imagine calling's okay, but I feel like I would make a lot of mistakes playing this OOP

5. Call as played; I probably don't 4-bet 100% of the time though (not that it's bad)