Why AK is crap when there is a poster behind

[peterbirks]

It's a very good hold'em principle that when there is a poster behind you, you should only raise with premium hands. Sometimes, however, even the premium hands aren't enough.

$3/$6 Texas Hold'em
Seat 9 is the button
Seat 1: teraldino ( $148 )
Seat 3: efan69 ( $133 )
Seat 5: waltersnth ( $120 )
Seat 2: kwikness ( $129.50 )
Seat 7: tasmania ( $204.50 )
Seat 4: NENADR ( $125 )
Seat 6: orbetter ( $171.50 )
Seat 9: Luv2Parm3 ( $85.05 )
Seat 10: igotbutworms ( $78.78 )
Seat 8: BIRKS ( $350 )
igotbutworms posts small blind [$1].
teraldino posts big blind [$3].
BIRKS posts big blind [$3].

Dealt to BIRKS [ 3c 4s ]

kwikness folds.
efan69 folds.
NENADR folds.
orbetter folds.
tasmania raises [$6].
BIRKS calls [$3].
Luv2Parm3 folds.
igotbutworms folds.
teraldino folds.

Dealing Flop [ 4c, Qc, Kh ]

tasmania bets [$3].
BIRKS raises [$6].
tasmania raises [$6].
BIRKS calls [$3].

Dealing Turn [ 3s ]

tasmania bets [$6].
BIRKS raises [$12].
tasmania calls [$6].

Dealing River [ Tc ]

tasmania checks.
BIRKS bets [$6].
tasmania calls [$6].

BIRKS shows [ 3c, 4s ] two pairs, fours and threes.
tasmania doesn't show [ Ks, As ] a pair of kings.
BIRKS wins $67 from the main pot with two pairs, fours and threes.

As a general rule, I always defend a post. It immediately shows that you have no intention of being pushed around. The only exception is the kind of hand that might be seriously dominated. Ace-small and King-small are the two real worriers in this repsect.

No sympathy from me for Tasmania, the tight multi-tabling git.

Oh, and I was pleased with my value bet at the end! Courage at last!


:-)