ak lhe, good or bad?

[brando 0]

Only played about 30 hands with MP1, his vp$ip 40, pfr% was 13, again though only 30 hands. Don't think I seen any of his hands at showdown.I felt I had the best hand, not sure if I played right though. I should probably have 3 bet pf, and lead the flop. To be honest I was having a bad session and got a little gun shy pre flop. I felt this was a good flop for me toa) have the best handB) look like I had something on the board from the sb.Thoughts?Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (9 max, 8 handed) converterPreflop: Hero is SB with [As], [Kd]. 2 folds.Flop: (5 SB) [7c], [4h], [6s] (2 players)Hero checks, MP1 bets, MP1 calls.Turn: (4.50 BB) [9d] (2 players)Hero bets, MP1 calls.River: (6.50 BB) [3s] (2 players)Hero bets?Do I bet the river or check/call?

[KDawgCometh 2]

three bet PF and lead the flop, hand plays much different. considering how you played it, I'd check call. It'd induce a lesser Ace high hand to bet at it

[akishore 0]

i don't like the call preflop (three-bet).with ace-high on the river against your average player, you typically want to check/call. he's not going to call with anything worse than ace-high, right? and he's not going to fold any pair or better, right?so why bet?check and hope for a free showdown against a better hand or for a bluff from a worse hand.aseem

[Socko669 0]

Agreed. Definitely think you should take control of the hand preflop with A-K, as it will give you extra ammo if the board blanks out on you. That way you can hopefully represent a big pocket pair and maybe get your opponent to lay down a small pair or draw. BTW, was it Sklansky who said that you should always reraise with A-K? Don't remember.