I do it all the time, I have even been known to fold A/A in a crucial part of a tournament, Pre-flop any two cards can win, and any two can lose, it is that simple, If you are going to bust out before the bubble then call with your A/K.
It is one of the most over rated hands, and loses a lot of the time, Sure I am calling with 50 or 60 BB behind me to an all-in shove of 5 or 6 BB, but to risk your tourney life against a 100 BB stack, it would go into the muck every time.
When the fun Stops, STOP!
It is one of the most over rated hands, and loses a lot of the time, Sure I am calling with 50 or 60 BB behind me to an all-in shove of 5 or 6 BB, but to risk your tourney life against a 100 BB stack, it would go into the muck every time.
When the fun Stops, STOP!
The larger the opponent's opening size, the less we should tend to 3-bet with AK. Against small open raises, we should 3-bet more aggressively. The deeper the effective stacks, the less we should want to 3-bet AKo out of position (OOP). Against early positions with incomplete stacks, we can 3-bet AK more often. 3-betting in position (IP) versus EP and MP can be good exploits against opponents with a low 4-bet rate.
Yes, specially in cash games with lots of action after your raise/ before you
In MTT it depends how deep you are and if you can rebuy
For exemple: 100bb deep with 2 + 70+ bb all ins to call its okay to fold, but if you have 20bb with 2+ i think its a call
In MTT it depends how deep you are and if you can rebuy
For exemple: 100bb deep with 2 + 70+ bb all ins to call its okay to fold, but if you have 20bb with 2+ i think its a call
Depends...
It depends on the situation. How deep in the tournament I am. Is there a lot of action in front of me? However, your question was a simple WOULD you ever fold AK preflop? The simple answer is yes. It all depends on the entirety of the situation. That’s just me.
It depends on the situation. How deep in the tournament I am. Is there a lot of action in front of me? However, your question was a simple WOULD you ever fold AK preflop? The simple answer is yes. It all depends on the entirety of the situation. That’s just me.
Don't be results oriented by small samples
This is a very bad example of why to fold AK. We cannot be results oriented in poker, unless of course we are talking about the results after researching a certain spot and realizing it was always -EZ . Losing to worse Ax hand after being All-in pre happens, sure. but mathematically you will win more often than lose in these spots, so we can't be too sad when we make a correct decision and lose. Also if you only call. and lets says your opponent was winning to get in 100BB with AQdd, and you decided to flat their 3bet. flop Comes K56 no diamond. You are going to miss out on a lot of value.
Losing to small pairs. Well if your range is correctly balanced between high pairs (10's-AA) and AK this shouldn't be an issue, if you find opponents are calling off with small pairs too much you may have to adjust this range but you are almost 50% equity with small pairs anyway, also if you add in the chances of KQ's, AJ's and AQ's they might be shoving or calling off with. AK actually goes +EV against this range.
My main point is not to adjust your play style based on results like this. Playing AK passively in some spots is a valid play for sure, if we are trapping/balancing our ranges. But in general it is a Premium hand and should be played as such.
Edgecases-
There are times for sure when AK needs to folded , aggression from multiple opponents preflop who have tight linear ranges. 5 bet jams from players who are massive nits.. I mean only 5bet KK AA
I have correctly folded AK several times in 6max 25-50z games online. being 5bet jammed on by insanely tight nits or facing 4-5bets in multiway preflop aggression. There are spots where it can be done. Just choose wisely. Thanks for reading, hope you crush the tables!!🙂🙂🙂
KRANKES said:
This is a very bad example of why to fold AK. We cannot be results oriented in poker, unless of course we are talking about the results after researching a certain spot and realizing it was always -EZ . Losing to worse Ax hand after being All-in pre happens, sure. but mathematically you will win more often than lose in these spots, so we can't be too sad when we make a correct decision and lose. Also if you only call. and lets says your opponent was winning to get in 100BB with AQdd, and you decided to flat their 3bet. flop Comes K56 no diamond. You are going to miss out on a lot of value.
Losing to small pairs. Well if your range is correctly balanced between high pairs (10's-AA) and AK this shouldn't be an issue, if you find opponents are calling off with small pairs too much you may have to adjust this range but you are almost 50% equity with small pairs anyway, also if you add in the chances of KQ's, AJ's and AQ's they might be shoving or calling off with. AK actually goes +EV against this range.
My main point is not to adjust your play style based on results like this. Playing AK passively in some spots is a valid play for sure, if we are trapping/balancing our ranges. But in general it is a Premium hand and should be played as such.
Edgecases-
There are times for sure when AK needs to folded , aggression from multiple opponents preflop who have tight linear ranges. 5 bet jams from players who are massive nits.. I mean only 5bet KK AA
I have correctly folded AK several times in 6max 25-50z games online. being 5bet jammed on by insanely tight nits or facing 4-5bets in multiway preflop aggression. There are spots where it can be done. Just choose wisely. Thanks for reading, hope you crush the tables!!🙂🙂🙂
In cash games against two players it's reasonable fold. Same goes for tourneys too, also depends on its stage where you can easily lay it down. I remember folding it in early stages of deep tourneys, and one time I did so on the final table when I faced 4-bet all in against my 3-bet raise. Later I knew the guy had QQ.
That won't change anything much, it could be even pocket 5s let's say. It's not easy to get rid of them certainly and in final tables going allin with AK will usually be coin flips, so you decide if you want to put your hours of grind into flip/risk. I usually play them no matter what most of the time. Lately, at the end, it's an easy shove but not so for calling in spesific situations.
That won't change anything much, it could be even pocket 5s let's say. It's not easy to get rid of them certainly and in final tables going allin with AK will usually be coin flips, so you decide if you want to put your hours of grind into flip/risk. I usually play them no matter what most of the time. Lately, at the end, it's an easy shove but not so for calling in spesific situations.
I have absolutely folded AKo preflop due to ICM considerations in a tournament.wsopgirl217 said:
I don't think I would ever fold AKo preflop in a cash game, but in a tournament I think I can find a few scenarios where it makes sense.
