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fatman
Edit: Screwed up on the topic title....please disregard.

Literally the 10th hand at the table so no reads on anyone. What is my line here? I always seem to have trouble playing AK in this position.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
8 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $57.10
UTG+1: $51.05
MP1: $49.05
MP2: $59.20
CO: $16.90
Button: $16.25
Hero: $49.75
BB: $64.40

Pre-flop: (8 players) Hero is SB with
2 folds, MP1 raises to $1.75, MP2 calls, 2 folds, Hero ?
dms26
some aggressive players are going to say re-raise, I would say call. Folding is too tight IMO with no reads.
Sefaje
Against some opponents I'll 3-bet this very hard and lead any flop for 3/4 pot. But since you haven't played a hand at this table yet, you can just call. I don't mind playing OOP since it's likely you have the best hand right now and have a lot of the two villain's possible holdings dominated.
Ukosumu
How does anyone win with this hand? I never hit with it and the board never gets higher than a T on the flop. Can someone of you tell me how you play it? EP, MP, LP, suited, os.
trystero
There's no right or wrong answer here. I'm not sure what you're looking for. You can be aggressive and take control of the hand or you can decide to take a flop and re-evaluate from there. You've got no reads; both plays are acceptable.
NEtwowilldo
I agree either is alright.

I would lean to the side of re raising pre flop to like 5, just because I don't want to play it out of position, and this gives you a chance to take it down right now.
Sefaje
QUOTE (Ukosumu @ Sunday, March 25th, 2007, 12:19 AM) *
How does anyone win with this hand? I never hit with it and the board never gets higher than a T on the flop. Can someone of you tell me how you play it? EP, MP, LP, suited, os.


Obviously you hit with it sometimes.

To answer your real question, I like getting aggressive with AK preflop. However, I usually wait until I have at least some info about how my opponents play. I play AK in cash games a lot like others do in tournies. The key is to 3-bet when theres a bet and a few calls or 4 bet if there's some players involved who respect 4-bets too much. I don't mind even racing against QQ or JJ when my opponents' frustration at my preflop aggression has boiled over to the point of calling all in with those. You'd be surprised at how many mid-sized pots you can pick up preflop this way and how much more action you'll get when you have AA/KK if you've been real active doing this.

You'll also enjoy how aggressively people will play AQ on ace high flop if the hand is 3-bet preflop.
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