This one is bugging me.....

[Royal Flush]

Tighty/Tikay, when you limp AK in EP early on do you re-raise a raiser? I did this for a while and found it quite succesful

[tikay]

Tighty/Tikay, when you limp AK in EP early on do you re-raise a raiser? I did this for a while and found it quite succesful

Oh YES, absolutely. They invariably Pass then, & we take it withouit a flop - the best way to win with AK, it's, to my mind, the beauty of the hand, & the optimum way to play it. Even if you get called, you are probably not in too bad a shape. And iif you are caked up, & he's a shortie, it's a no-brainer. I just gotta learn to get caked up now.....

[M3boy]

Caked up is no problem,,,,,,,,, I've got that bit down to a tee - Its KEEPING caked up thats a prob at the mo.

Still, in cash its different

[Royal Flush]

I just gotta learn to get caked up now.....

I know a good bakery....

[TightEnd]

Tighty/Tikay, when you limp AK in EP early on do you re-raise a raiser? I did this for a while and found it quite succesful

Yes. I don't really want to see a flop against a raiser who has anything but a short stack.


However if no raise comes I am quite happy playing a multi way pot in the first level with AK because I feel that if I raise to say 200 with blinds at 25-50 four people might come along for the ride anyway and if I miss all I have done is built a pot for nothing

If I hit my hand is disguised beautifully and  i can begin to pot build.

Of course later on the main value of AK is pre flop and raise the heck out of it to put the pressure on

[SupaMonkey]

Good discussion, i tried this myself for a while but i found that i ran into two pair etc. and people who were generally playing crap. I still prefer to raise in the early rounds so that i can limit my opposition's hand range.