Shoving AK to 3-bets in 100BB games?
Posted by Chael Sonnen
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Shoving AK to 3-bets in 100BB games?
Scenario 1: I open AK and I get 3-bet, I 4-bet, and he calls.
I miss the flop and get (check-)shoved on and I have to fold, while almost being commited, which is gross.
Scenario 2: You get 3-bet with AK in position and you flat and miss the flop.
You basically wasted a monster, and what's the plan now? Float dry boards and hope he checks the turn? Most competent regs will usually fire two barrels after having 3-bet pre, and I don't like this strategy.
Let's say we open 3x and get 3-bet to 10x by the BB. We can now win 10.5BB + our 3BB if we shove and take it down.
Problems when doing that:
-Villian can fold a ton of hands that might have 5-bet shoved, had you 4-bet (small).
Hands like 77, AQo, KQs etc. are all 3-bettable hands, and if you make it look like a bluff, they will be very tempted to get it in light.
-Players who've seen you shove to a single 3-bet with AK will now what you have, and make the correct decision.
And if they do that, we're going to have to balance by including hands that are not AK.
Then it will just because a shovefest, which is definitely not the most profitable way to play poker against good players.
So what do you guys think about all this?
I feel like I'm burning money in raised pots with AK when I 4-bet, when I flat 3-bets (which I rarely do), and even when I sometimes shove to 3-bets.
Thoughts? Adjustments?
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