AK OOP 3BP
AK OOP 3BP

AK OOP 3BP

Hero opens Β£4 UTG AhKh (Β£270)
UTG+1 calls
MP raises to Β£20 (covers)
Hero calls

I have played with MP and know he can 3b light. However so far he had played pretty solid.

I’m not sure but getting 270bb in pre with AKs seems excessive

Flop Ac9h6d (Β£46)
Mp bets Β£16
Hero calls

I guess we can do some raising here but calling is fine

Turn 5d (Β£78)
MP bets Β£60
Hero calls

River Qs (Β£198)
MP bets Β£105
Hero ??

I guess this might be one of the worst river cards for use. We now lose to AQ. I’m not sure if he bets AJ Doubtfull

19 July 2025 at 12:43 PM
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There is no way you should fold here against a light 3better. You have to be right less than 30% of the time to make this call, and there's lots of combinations that make sense that you're beating, like A2s, A3s, A4s, 67s, 89s, T9s, JTs, 55, 44, 77, and of course he could have AK for a chop.


by primrose m

There is no way you should fold here against a light 3better. You have to be right less than 30% of the time to make this call, and there's lots of combinations that make sense that you're beating, like A2s, A3s, A4s, 67s, 89s, T9s, JTs, 55, 44, 77, and of course he could have AK for a chop.

I think my main concern is yes we beat those hands but I don't think he will bet a lot of his Ax on the river as it would be very thin?


by RakkiOtoko m

I think my main concern is yes we beat those hands but I don't think he will bet a lot of his Ax on the river as it would be very thin?

Yes, I agree that it makes no sense to value bet a weak ace on the River. But I didn't think he'd value bet them; I think he could bluff them. After you call the Turn, it's very hard to give you something worse than a pair of Aces, and any Ace you can have beats him so his little A3s has almost no showdown value. The Q is a reasonable card for him to bet to get you off a stronger Ace.


by primrose m

Yes, I agree that it makes no sense to value bet a weak ace on the River. But I didn't think he'd value bet them; I think he could bluff them. After you call the Turn, it's very hard to give you something worse than a pair of Aces, and any Ace you can have beats him so his little A3s has almost no showdown value. The Q is a reasonable card for him to bet to get you off a strong

Yeah I guess. Don’t imagine many players will turn Ax into a bluff. I imagine most would just check back.


by RakkiOtoko m

Yeah I guess. Don’t imagine many players will turn Ax into a bluff. I imagine most would just check back.

This is true in isolation, but most players also don't 3bet bluff, and you specified that this person does. If you're 3betting a hand like A3s, then getting stronger Aces to fold has to be part of the game plan. If you're not willing to do that, you should probably bluff other hands instead, like suited connectors. (Which is actually what I do, but 3betting the low suited Aces is GTO approved.)


You need to be 4 betting AKs pre, especially if villain 3 bets light, especially with your small initial raise. You want to start with a bloated pot that makes it easy to get stacks in when you hit it . AKs is a slam dunk 4 bet

As played , I am calling, you haven’t really shown strength throughout any streets , I bet villain can do this with even worse than Ax . You will be good enough to call a half pot bet

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