No stats, no reads, no underwear on.

Party, $0.05/$0.10 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 8 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BB: $4.52
UTG: $26.84
UTG+1: $9.90
MP1: $10
Hero (MP2): $16.89
CO: $11.34
BTN: $12.47
SB: $11.42

Pre-Flop: K J dealt to Hero (MP2)
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.40, 2 folds, SB calls $0.35, BB folds

Flop: ($0.90) K 3 4 (2 Players)
SB bets $0.64, Hero calls $0.64

Turn: ($2.18) 3 (2 Players)
SB bets $1.56, Hero calls $1.56

River: ($5.30) 7 (2 Players)
SB bets $5.04, Hero (screams WTF)?

Pretty clear you have a king. River is definitely a fold, the flop might even be a fold.

Even with a dry flop like this I dont see how we can fold on the flop HU IP. But I definitely think about folding the turn and would definitely fold the river.

After that I might do something against the underwear-problem.

Just shove man, you have no underwear. Rock out with your c*ck out.

Any thoughts about raising flop? As played definate fold on river maybe turn imo

What for? It's a dry board...why do you wanna raise exactly? Cause raising is more balla or do you like burning money?

+1

No value in raising a very dry flop vs unknown imo, call>raise. We don't know whats calling a raise and it over reps our hand. We may as well keep his range wide, try to avoid playing for stacks with a weak TP and re-evaluate the turn after he's acted again.

nh

Super easy fold on the river, villain has 56 or a set like always.

Against an unknown, I would fold turn.

Folding the turn is probably right, but I don't think I could do it. River is an easy pitch, though. This is slow played AA, AK, or 56. Obviously sets are in his range too.

Thanks for the feedback, of course I played it perfectly and..



It's all about discipline guys EZ game.

Why do people flat with AK?

Well, I actually flat with AK a decent amount of the time. Let me list the reasons for it:

1) It dominates a lot of players single raised pot range.
2) People C-bet A high boards about 90% of the time, and will often fire 2 barrels
3) When you are OOP it makes life a lot easier. If you don't think your going to get a lot of folds pre-flop, then playing AK OOP is a nightmare.
4) AK is the EXACT hand that fishy villans put you on when you 3 bet, and it's always difficult to play when they villan (even if they are a fish) knows what you have.

and finally:

5) My post flop edge is bigger than my pre-flop edge most of the time. Thus, I often want a small pot pre-flop to take advantage of my edge!

Also, as a bonus, flatting AK pre-flop is often nearly as profitable as it is 3 betting it. If the value of a hand is nearly equal, I often take the lower variance route. The trade off is that I lose some meta game with regs, as I have a relatively low 3 bet percent.

I thought flatting AK was no-no except perhaps to a LP steal attempt from the blinds?

I'd assume it depends on a lot of things.

There is no standard way to play a hand. Even AA is not alwayz a 3bet. Every situation is kinda different..get used to it ;-)

OP - this standard hand you posted lead to a wonderfully non-standard post that is just brimming with valuable information in every sentence. Consider your river spew well spent.

Barry

If I've said it once, I've said it a th.. lots of other times. When I'm totally comfortable playing AK in all situations I'll consider it a major milestone in my game. As for the moment - I still get that little 'here comes trouble' feeling when I get it.

Nope. Frankly, there are a LOT of situations where it is MORE profitable to flat AK than it is to 3 bet it. The only no no's are open folding AK and flatting a 3 bet OOP.

Don't assume everybody else plays a hand the way you woud. And why did you post a hand that you thought you played perfectly, just to bitch that he flatted with AK?

Oh, and to clarify point 3 - playing AK OOP in a 3 bet pot is a nightmare. Single raised pots are decent.

Good point B! A positive EV spew - whoever would have thought it? LOL*


*waiting for someone to come back with how spewing can be +EV..

Read the replies man. Far from thinking I played it perfectly - I made a complete balls of it. I was just seeing if people would say - ah that's normal, you can't do much about that, or if they would have folded - I posted to learn from other people - and I am.

Actually, if you read the what I've written you will easily figure out that I have a very leaky game and get badly caught out out in situations such as the OP. but the advice is to 'post hands' and have them pulled apart by people who know better and have less leaks.

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LOL, I think that was sarcasm.

Sarcasm. I'm Irish, we do a lot of that.