A couple AK pre flop spots.
1/3 NL. Both myself and the villians have 300. I've been playing tight but have only been at the table for 30 minutes. I don't have a great read. Both villains seem a bit loose and have open limped a decent bit. They have also open raised a couple times but no show. I haven't seen them 3 bet yet.
1) I open UTG with AsKd to 12, The button 3 bets to 35. It's folded back to me.
2) there is an UTG straddle to 6 . One EP call, I raise to 30 in the HJ, The CO raises to 60, It's folded back to me.
How should I proceed in both situations?
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You could call in both cases. First case of you raise and get reraised it's annoying as you will have to call and will be behind. Second case you could jam sometimes as the pot is larger. You are basically playing only 50 blinds in the second case and you have a limper so getting it in feels ok
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1) I just limp in. Facing a 3bet with a tight image after opening in EP and facing one from a loose player who limps a lot just sucks so much and puts us in a tough spot. I would honestly fold a lot here as our RIO vs IO suck OOP. Otherwise I guess 4bet to $100 to setup a PSB shove on any flop, but I think this mostly sucks with no other dead money to go after.
2) More-or-less ditto.
Until opponent shows you otherwise, and at least ime, LLSNL 3bet ranges are extremely nuttish and AK just does not fare well against them (especially postflop in terms of extracting money when ahead vs limiting losses when hitting TP and behind, especially OOP). This is why I like limp/overlimping to reraise, cuz most peoples raising range is just *so* much wider than their 3betting range.
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1) Either 4B jam or just call and see a flop. We're not deep enough to 4B fold. I don't really mind either option, but I probably lean towards flat call, so we can have some decently strong hands in our bet-calling range going to the flop.
2) Same, 4B jam or flat call. Our raise was kind of big. CO shouldn't be 3B'ing us too light. His min-click could just be a cheap way to ensure he gets this HU and IP, or it could be an attempt to induce us to 4B jam. Here again, I probably lean towards just flatting and seeing a flop.
One of the key factors here is that your V's both have open limping ranges, which I'd think would strengthen their 3B'ing range, as opposed to a more aggro player who is playing his entire range as 3B or fold.
If we're going to bet-call with AK, we need to be prepared to rep some other hands post flop, and also prepared to check-call a lot of flop c-bets.