AK on the bubble.

[Table Manners]

30+3 6 seater stt on party. there are three of us left. me and another guy on  about 5k each and another guy on about 2. this is the bubble as only top two get paid. blinds are 100-200.

I'm on the big blind with AK.

The button (UTG) (sitting on 5k) raises to 600.

Small blind folds.

What do you do? Do you push and try and force a fold, but risk getting called by a pocket like 9's 10's or J's (maybe even 8's)? You probably don't want to be in a race for all your chips being a big stack on the bubble. Do just put in a big raise? Then at least you're not risking all your chips + he still might fold. Or do you just call and see a flop.

[Robert HM]

What about calling and seeing a flop, if he did have a biggie he might reraise you all in. See if you hit the flop and bet out regardless. But I'm rubbish

[NoflopsHomer]

 

Lots of time.

[Robert HM]

I take it you agree with my last sentence 

[Royal Flush]

i re-raise. make it 2600.

[Robert HM]

i re-raise. make it 2600.

and if he goes over the top?

Not being arguementative, I just want to learn

[Royal Flush]

I call.

3 handed i dont pass AK that often!

[patman]

interesting.

flushy what happens if you then miss the flop.

do you represent with a raise post flop or even all in if you miss..??

[Table Manners]

I ended up pushing. I didn't want to play the hand given it was bubble time, so i hoped for a fold and hoped he didn't have 8's through to j's (even then i'd still be in ok shape).

I figured he wouldn't raise so much if he had kk or aa because he'd be less likely to get a caller.

anyway...

He called... with AQ. I'm not gonna tell you the rest of the story for risk of owing 50p to the jar...

[dan]

I ended up pushing. I didn't want to play the hand given it was bubble time, so i hoped for a fold and hoped he didn't have 8's through to j's (even then i'd still be in ok shape).

I figured he wouldn't raise so much if he had kk or aa because he'd be less likely to get a caller.

anyway...

He called... with AQ. I'm not gonna tell you the rest of the story for risk of owing 50p to the jar...

i think he could raise that much with KK AA its only 3x blind. i think he would probably fold 66 77 88 99 beacuse of the same reason as you he probably doesnt want a race for all of his chips.

mind you saying that i thought he might fold AQ because there are only probably 3 or 4 hands you want to play against him once he raised. AA KK QQ AK maybe AQ. so iu think the push is ok

[Table Manners]

cheers for insights guys. this forum is a great way of analyzing your poker and getting views from others.

I's surprised he called with AQ as well. I think he even surprised himself! he wrote in the chat after "sorry, that was a terrible call".

Still, it's people making calls like that that earns you the money in online poker.

[turny]

I call.

3 handed i dont pass AK that often!

so if you gonna call anyway why not just push to start with n hope he folds?

if he calls and u miss the flop you gotta bet out anyway so personally i would have pushed preflop and held my breath

AK a big hand 3 handed

[Nem]

Push

[temp0r]

throw in another 1.2k. this looks stronger than pushing which brings the risk of getting called by pocket 77-1010. they may just call and you can then push if you hit the flop or if they check the flop and the turn.

[Royal Flush]

I call.

3 handed i dont pass AK that often!

so if you gonna call anyway why not just push to start with n hope he folds?

if he calls and u miss the flop you gotta bet out anyway so personally i would have pushed preflop and held my breath

AK a big hand 3 handed

i re-raise. make it 2600.

and if he goes over the top?

Not being arguementative, I just want to learn

I call if he re-raises me all in.

I re-raise leaving some back so i can still win the pot on the flop.

If he calls i can bet about 1/2 the pot and he might fold a PP.