2007-04-23 - Last WSOP question for now...

[railbird]

2007-04-23 - Last WSOP question for now...

[NosliwPilf]

im pretty surprised that so far only 29% of the people who answered the question answered it correctly, i really cant imagine making any other play with the ak suited here when you only have 20000 in chips.

[infestus]

OMG they are donkeys whoever wrote this.You have AK suited on the BB and get raised with one other person in and you just smooth call??Whatever happened to cloutier's never call always raise or fold?Seriously you wanna scoop the pot now when you know you're either a monster favorite or a slight underdog,I dont wanna see the damn flop really.Heck I just tried this same exact thing today and whatdya know flopped my A but he had 2 pair,had I raised preflop like I shoulda ...omg I woulda won!Now you're telling me that calling is right,DONKEY!!

[Farging_Icehole]

I'm afraid you are kind of looking bad right now w/ that response. You must have misread something. It says this hand is too good to just call with and that you should reraise allin. Incidentally, I got this wrong by raising to 10,000. Saves half your stack if you get called and flop badly. Don't see why you should go allin. Raising to 10,000 is over 4 times the amount the button put in and should be more than enough to scare him off if he was just button raising. If he goes allin over you I would probably call, but would depend on the style of the player, read, etc. AK is a good hand, but it isn't automatically a monster. Way behind if up against AA/KK. Can anyone explain to me why this would be an automatic allin?

[rattlesnakejohn]

When I read the question I said all in because thats what I would do.You make a good point with the 10K raise.This is the same basic question I ask a bit ago,What makes us go apey with an ace in the hole?Either way you go if the player wants to call and play the reraise he's going to and theres nothin can be done about it. Guess thats why they call it gambling.

[jamesly]

since ive joined this site, ive been taught not to overplay slick. so why would you all in if you can raise 4 times the raise and see the flop if needed to and if ya dont hit and he goes allin you can fold and rebuild. isnt the name of the game to survive early, risk later ????? right??? im confused now...

[ACEME1234]

i rather play aj then aq or ak i just get better odds of winning but myab thats just me

[snesk]

who was the one guy that said fold??

[Wheely5]

yeah, you would have to raise to show you have a strong hand and try to scare him off or just to get more chips if he is crazy enough to call you and take a chance with a weaker hand.

[zippyflounder]

Originally Posted by Farging_Icehole

I'm afraid you are kind of looking bad right now w/ that response. You must have misread something. It says this hand is too good to just call with and that you should reraise allin. Incidentally, I got this wrong by raising to 10,000. Saves half your stack if you get called and flop badly. Don't see why you should go allin. Raising to 10,000 is over 4 times the amount the button put in and should be more than enough to scare him off if he was just button raising. If he goes allin over you I would probably call, but would depend on the style of the player, read, etc. AK is a good hand, but it isn't automatically a monster. Way behind if up against AA/KK. Can anyone explain to me why this would be an automatic allin?

he knows your pot commited and will push no matter what, gives him in effect 3 free cards...unless he is also semi short stacked and or its close to the payout.