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Message: [QUOTE="fundiver199, post: 6466956, member: 397965"] Just want to add, that the reason, why its better to jam preflop for 12BB, is, that AK miss the flop 2 out of 3 times. When you raise small, as you did here, you will almost always pick up at least one caller, and multiway pots will also be common. In this case you got 2 callers, meaning that the pot was around 11BB, and you had 9BB left, so less than a pot sized bet. And yes this is very easy, when you flop top pair. You just get it in, and most of the time you are ahead and just need to get your hold. But what about those 2 out of 3 times, where you miss? How are you going to play AK high against two opponents with less than a pot sized bet left? If you jam, are you expecting to get it in against a range, you are doing well against? Probably not since you are now a 3:1 dog against any hand, that made a pair. If you bet small, are you expecting two players to fold? Probably not since its likely, at least one of them connected. And for the same reason you cant really check-call, especially because you have no chips left behind and therefore no implied odds, when you spike top pair later. So the reality is, that 2 out of 3 times you put in 25% of your stack preflop, and then you have no other play than to check-fold on the flop, because you missed. And this is why, its better to seize the fold equity by moving all-in preflop. Quite often both the limper and everyone else folds, and thats a great outcome, because then you pick up 3,5BB uncontested rather than donating 3BB to someone else, every time you miss the flop. And when someone gives you action, you have decent equity, and you get to see all 5 cards and realise it. You can win at showdown with A high, or you can spike an A or K on the river, even when you are behind on the flop. [/QUOTE]

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