NL10 - AK Facing all in

NL10 - AK Facing all in

PokerStars - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 100 BB
CO: 170.1 BB
BTN: 146.6 BB
SB: 100.5 BB
Hero (BB): 100.7 BB
UTG: 106.8 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K A

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 9 BB, BTN calls 6 BB

Flop: (18.5 BB, 2 players) 2 3 6
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: (18.5 BB, 2 players) K
Hero bets 10 BB, BTN raises to 20 BB, Hero calls 10 BB

River: (58.5 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BTN bets 117.6 BB and is all-in, Hero ????

Is this a call or fold?

24 September 2025 at 02:08 AM
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Personally I'd cbet flop, but if you also check sometimes your stronger hands on a flop like that, check should be ok. Turn as played seems right and River is readless a fold for me.


Could go either way on flop with check or bet. I think I'm checking here, but wouldn't hate a cbet

I would have played the turn the same, but wonder whether we could hero fold this.. I don't know what they're bluffing, perhaps {A4, A5} spades, but it seems unlikely and I think these hands are more likely to call in position than raise. They have sets or straights here, and that's what they're telegraphing to you on a card that hits your range wonderfully and they likely reason they're good for a call. It does seem to be a minclick though, which is a bit fishy - suggests less of the spade draw of a reg more towards value of, well, a fish..

River is a fold for that reason. Even if they're raising {6x} as a way of denying equity on turn (eg thinking you're betting AQo etc.), they've just got there, though I don't think it's this very often; their sets are now full houses or quads, and what was behind you is now beating you.

Clear fold. It sucks. But it happens.


BTN has the nut-advantage on this flop, true, as he has all the sets and straights, which we don't have. Considering that he is BTN with a wide calling-range vs our 3b, we are still slightly ahead of his range.

On the Turn I'd peel, against a small river-bet (considering that it's micro-stakes) I'd call and expect to win sometimes, against a big bet I fold. The population on the micros is highly honest with their sizings. Big bet = big hand....at least to that extend that calling won't net you a profit.


I would fold if I thought it's an unkown player. This seems like a very underbluffed line he has to be turning some random spade hand into a bluff on the river, or stuff like 55 with spade, A2s, A3s, A4s and A6s gets there if he was bluff raising that. All are very unbelievable lines to take. I don't think it's that realistic for NL10 players to be doing that. I think he just stacks you with you call about 95-99% of the time.

Flop is fine cbet or check both work

Probably raise bigger pre.

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