This is most of the time. No disrespect (cos it’s a great question) but you are complicating a simple position.
With AK preflop you raise, and you raise to 2B, 3B or 4B (best to mix em) plus B per limper. Here I raise to 4B +B + B, 1200, because there are two limpers and I want to discourage them more than 1000 might.
It is a simple question because you don’t worry about what happens on the flop. 1200 is the percentage bet.
As for someone hitting two pair on the flop, too bad. I am getting 2.3 to 1 against anyone dumb (deperate) enough to call me with A8.
And I don’t worry about stack diminution, although I don’t know for sure.
There is a case for slow playing and trapping, and I’ve played AK this way myself, but it is a poor case. True, you win lots when you hit A or K AND check; but against this are all those lost blinds (they add up) AND you lose out on all those loose prefloppers who call your 1000 – and those callers really add up; PLUS when the flop comes, say, 358 multi, who will stay with your flop bet? – not me, matey.
hth.Statistics: Posted by BSO — Mon May 01, 2006 3:20 am
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