Playing AKs and AKo preflop
I've been focusing on my preflop game for a while now. back when i was still in 5NL i thought it was okay, but fixing my 3betting frequency and tweeking a bit on how i play the premium cards is pretty much what helped me move to 10NL.
So i thought i'd ask, how aggressively do you guys play AKs and AKo preflop? because i always feel a little torn when i get dealt that hand. I've heard people say that when you get dealt AK you should be happy to just get all in preflop... which i don't really understand, because looking at equilab shows that AK is pretty much behind any pair that people would go all-in with preflop.
A more concrete part of my question is this scenario:
Hero gets dealt AKo UTG in 6max and opens for 3BB
A relatively unkown player is MP and 3bets for 9BB
What does Hero do?
My thought process in this type of situation is basically asking myself: "what is his range for doing this?". The way i look at it is, that if he's relatively reg'y he knows that I open a pretty tight range from UTG. This means that he wouldn't try to pull off too crazy 3bets here to get me to fold, right?. Personally i can't decide if I should 4bet OOP like this or i should call the reraise and see a flop. I think I lean more towards calling and then evaluating my situation. If I 4bet and he shoves, then I feel like i'd be behind.
So yeah, how do you usually play AK preflop? i can't figure out if it should be in my 4bet range OOP or if i should only consider 4beting it IP
So i thought i'd ask, how aggressively do you guys play AKs and AKo preflop? because i always feel a little torn when i get dealt that hand. I've heard people say that when you get dealt AK you should be happy to just get all in preflop... which i don't really understand, because looking at equilab shows that AK is pretty much behind any pair that people would go all-in with preflop.
A more concrete part of my question is this scenario:
Hero gets dealt AKo UTG in 6max and opens for 3BB
A relatively unkown player is MP and 3bets for 9BB
What does Hero do?
My thought process in this type of situation is basically asking myself: "what is his range for doing this?". The way i look at it is, that if he's relatively reg'y he knows that I open a pretty tight range from UTG. This means that he wouldn't try to pull off too crazy 3bets here to get me to fold, right?. Personally i can't decide if I should 4bet OOP like this or i should call the reraise and see a flop. I think I lean more towards calling and then evaluating my situation. If I 4bet and he shoves, then I feel like i'd be behind.
So yeah, how do you usually play AK preflop? i can't figure out if it should be in my 4bet range OOP or if i should only consider 4beting it IP