Online Poker Forum - AK laydown

jdubtd10 · Guest

I'm sure this is a common question, here's the situation...
Middle of a multi, blinds 150/300. UTG raises to 1100, I'm in middle position with AK and reraise to 3000, UTG instantly goes all-in for 9500. At this point I have to call 6500 into a pot of ~10,000. I know the player to be solid and tight and am fairly certain he wouldn't have done that with a hand like AQ. At best I believe it to be a coin toss and muck the hand. Calling would have left me with 2000 chips. Good or bad laydown?

bradAAAk · Four of a Kind Joined: 26 Aug 2005 Posts: 293

I personally think that it was a good laydown. If the player was tight then chances are you were at best a coin flip in which you probably don't want to put your whole tournament on the line for.

bashtoreth · Pair Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 46

Here's the thing: If you know him to be solid and tight, wouldn't you assume he had at least JJ, and possibly QQ-AA under the gun? I would have folded to that first bet--ONLY against a solid, tight player UTG. Any other type player or any other position I would have played it the same way you did.

Think about it this way: If Dan Harrington raises UTG at a full table, mid-tourney, would you call? I would lay it down in a heartbeat. I would assume I was at best 50/50 (if he had AK).

BOYNAMEDSUE · Moderator Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 9542 Location: Mypos

bashtoreth · Pair Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 46

The New One · Guest

Well as ther previous person had stated, If you re-raised, you had to make it up in your mind before you re raised that if he goes all in or reraises you are you going to call? IF not dont even play. When I play on hands like kj off suit I will call, but then a high re raise will come in and i will fold. You need to think someonetimes before you do things on what your going to do next. Now my call wasnt bad, but had I raised it could of been done.

Guest · Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 5:27 am Post subject:

i agree with these other people

If you knew him to be a tight player why even reraise his original bet, just call and check out the flop.

The raise of his original bet is where I think you went wrong, he already made a large sized bet almost 4 times the big blind, there is no need for you to reraise unless you have AA or KK in my opinion.

muck luck · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 2:28 pm Post subject:

i would say if u wanted to win the tourney to take the gamble and call it. Odds are he didn't have AA or KK so it's most likely 50/50. I think either play was correct here.

UrbanMeyer1 · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 4:32 pm Post subject:

The pot odds are great obviously but you can't strictly thing those if you still have plenty of chips left. Why would your tournament life on what is a at best a coinflip? You no longer have the ability to get him to fold as well. I would fold with your read.

However, I wouldn't re-raise 1/4 of my stack if I am going to throw it away. Just call in position on him or throw it away. It's quite alright to throw AK away preflop especially when you are in such good chip position.

SuperUberBob · Guest

If he was playing tight and raised preflop, I probably would have just called unless I had a high pocket pair.

In your situation, however, I felt you did the right thing. It would probably a coin flip situation: not worth betting everything I got on.

Saint Cad · Full House Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 184

targetam · Guest

I play tourneys every weekend, live game. I raised UTG w 77 allin. I pushed out 88 in the SB, and A 3 in the BB. If the called i was dead money. A 8 A flopped. I think you gotta read your player's move, not just his game.

UrbanMeyer1 · Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:43 pm Post subject: Re: laydown AK?

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