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Originally Posted by Koko the munkey
You are almost always flipping with AK unless you can get the money in the middle vs. AQ.
Isn't that why we play AK?
I'm still waiting for someone who is advocating a fold to post a good reason why.
This is certainly the reason AK is a strong hand in tournament poker, because it can safely be played aggressively because it is so unlikely to be dominated, but we also combine that with the fact that we have fold equity, which makes the hand quite profitable in most situations.
In this spot, however, we are basically calling off our stack vs a supertight range with very little dead money in the pot, because villain is never folding barring a misclick.