Do you push AK and QQ on preflop?

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How do you play AK and QQ preflop, raise or all in, or limp to bait players with weaker hands? I personally often make a big raise or even all-in.
 

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Always raise with them, never go all in without understanding your rivals hands, you could have real bad luck and get against AA or KK
 
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will raise, may go all in with QQ but it depends on other factors
 
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It all depends on type of tournament, position and my stacks. If I am low on stacks I will probably go All in and hope for best, If I am chip leader it will be raise. But also it depends on other players. Are they passive or aggressive. There is a lot of factors to take in.
 
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Usually i raise a lot with these hands. Even might go allin depending of the opponents moves
 
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Wall it depends on many factors
 
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1/3 your stack,then u can still run if a K orA comes
 
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this is a good hand to push if your raise is moved, I almost always go all-in
 
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AndyFio said:
How do you play AK and QQ preflop, raise or all in, or limp to bait players with weaker hands? I personally often make a big raise or even all-in.
I make the most of these hands when I'm tight and with a possible payer, but when my stack is acceptable I prefer to be cautious (hazard likes to play tricks on us) and settle with whatever I earn.
 
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It depends on the action in front of me I usually just 3 bb bet :)
 
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When it comes to tournaments, I always go all-in, but in cash game I push all-in only QQ (because its ready hand) with AK it depends on opponent, Tight and Nit only 4 bet or check, and against a loose player I go all-in
 
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It will depend a bit on the value of the chips at the time of the tournament and of course the opponent in question!​
 
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I'll definitely raise and see what the other players will do, because if I do all-in right away I can just give KK AA a chance to double against me why is it easy to give them such a chance after they act, you can make a further decision because if you get small cards with AK, you can simply throw away the cards after the turn and not lose much
 
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All in with these cards? I want to play them for value and not scare them away with the opponents.
Perhaps under 7-8 BB, AK can be allin
 
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Always raise them on preflop.
 
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Always raise, but never go into all in. It's better to see Flop before!
Good games!
 
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With AK and QQ I raise. It's always good to scare away curious adventurers. We cannot give chance to chance. Limp is very dangerous and can punish a player who has a good, competitive hand.
 
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With Ak and QQ I usually give a good boost if I'm weak at the table. If I have a little stronger I vary my strategies. But I never give All-in.
 
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Limp would only be an option if I had a maniac that got all-in or raised big as soon as people just limped but had the sense to recognize strength if I raised.

After that, I call his all-in or 4-bet him.

Otherwise standard is raise, 3-bet, and almost always 4-bet unless the players are VERY tight.

(or push all-in if short in an MTT of course)
 
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I give all in but never hold back with me
 
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Personality i say all of them it depends on the table and types of players you play against but preferably aggressive
 
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If I have a lot of chips I'll go ALL-IN, otherwise I'll just raise!(y)
 
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It all depends on what type of cash game or tournament playing, AK are just high cards and QQ's you have AA's and KK's to watch out for.
 
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It all depends on the number of chips. And so it's definitely a raise, at least 3.
 
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That is a raise at best but situation in my opinion. I have sen a lot of pairs get busted by straights, flushes and funhouses.
 
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