Yesterday, I posted a few hands where I exploited Early Position raisers with transparent ranges. Here’s an example of of the kind of play you can make to combat players who try to exploit you in this way:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $4 BB (8 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com
Button ($148)
SB ($667.95)
BB ($479)
Hero ($429)
UTG+1 ($354.45)
MP1 ($412.70)
MP2 ($564)
CO ($431.40)
Preflop: Hero is UTG with Ks, As.
Hero raises to $16, 3 folds, CO calls $16, 3 folds.
Flop: ($38) 6s, Td, 2d (2 players)
Hero bets $28, CO calls $28.
Turn: ($94) 9s (2 players)
Hero bets $66, CO raises to $156, Hero raises to $385, CO folds.
Final Pot: $635
Results in white below:
No showdown. Hero wins $635.
The fact that I am barrelling As Ks both makes it harder for my opponent to fold pocket pairs when I have an overpair and harder for him to try to bluff me off of an overpair, since even if I will fold AA, I won’t find a big draw like this.
How would you play it differently with AKo? Do you not 2nd barrel or re-raise the turn? What about if your starting stack size was smaller, say $200 to $250, where you don’t have enough make a real re-raise on the turn?