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Originally Posted by CaptVimes
Ok, can you splain a little bit about the AK hand you 4-bet shoved preflop. Mainly what's your thinking behind when this is a +ev thing to do. What types of players etc.
I was just thinking about this hand and I think a fold would have a been a better play. I got some variables tangled up in my head and didn't think it through as well as I would have liked to normally. For one thing, I somehow got it in my head that he was a shorter stack (I had 20BB in my head for some reason). Obviously, the shorter the stack the better the push is because I risk less. When the stacks are shorter, I am ok with getting AK all in preflop a bit more often because of this. Still, like I said, I think I misread the stack sizes. Another reason I was thinking of shoving is that I don't like folding AK when the stacks are short because I will be getting odds to call so much more often. A lot of times short stackers will be abusing their fold equity and then they feel that they have to call with ATo when they are getting 2:1 or so.
Having said all that, I think the fact that he just posted his hand says a lot, and I didn't take this into consideration at all. When players first sit down they tend to be a bit more conservative while they feel out the table. This should narrow his range enough that it is a fold.
So, if the stacks were a little shorter and if he hadn't posted(or if I knew a little more about him) I think the shove is good because I get called by some worse hands and sometimes get some better ones to fold. In this spot I didn't think things through enough and ended up making a big mistake.