You make the play....AKs on a LAG table!

[Jezza]

Hi everyone, Here is a hand that I was involved in just an hour or two ago, I will post as far as the flop action and then I would like your opinions on what you feel the best play for me to make was, then tomorrow I will post the results of how I actually played it. There is a deposit bonus on on pokerstars at the moment (runs out today....20% up to 120 max bonus) anyway, I have been playing on there to clear my 120 dollars. Mostly 2/4 NL cash but a few hours at 1/2 as well. I couldnt sleep last night so ended up logging on at 5am, after a browse through the available games the 2/4s were all a joke - rock pools filled with TAGs and pros, whats the point? The same seemed true of even the 1/2 Tables but then I spotted one that looked half decent - it had a high average pot and % of players for flop. Observing for a few rounds there was a VERY loose aggressive player there. He frequently raised every hand to 12 to go preflop with all sorts of holdings, absolutely anything. However he was not on tilt nor was he a fish, infact I observed him to be a very very good player making some good laydowns and punishing the weak players when he made a good hand - in the 15minutes I watched he got his stack from 200 dollars to 750. Which such frequent preflop raises there was a lot of action at the table and I wanted to be a part of it - so I went on the waiting list :) Even happier days arrived when I was allocated the seat directly to the left of the tough LAG - perfect. I sat down and bought in for 200 After a few rounds I busted a player when I flopped a set against his AA and got 200 from him, I played one hand against the LAG (which I layed down on the turn after a small investment into the pot) and was sat at about 380 dollars when the following hand came up.... In Late pos I am dealt<>? $$$&$$ .... The LAG (who has me covered - we are the 2 biggest stacks at the table) makes it 12 to go preflop and it is folded around to me. I consider reraising to isolate but seeing as I have position in this hand I decide just to flat call and take a flop, possibly enticing others into the pot as well, the small blind flat calls also and three of us take a Flop... !){ ???&???? ^^^^^^^^^^ The small blind is not the greatest player - he has 200 infront of him but he is BAD - frequently seen chasing hands down with no pot odds and involved with all sorts of pish. The Pot is around 40, the small blind leads out and bets 20, the tough LAG then flat calls and the action is on me....YOUR MOVE??? (And what would you do on subsequent streets depending on what cards fell?) Jez

[Bruise Pristene]

Re: You make the play....AKs on a LAG table! you have a pair of aces and a good kicker in a king. at worst someone could be holding AA at this point and therefore have 3 of a kind, but surely they would be raising pot in this instance, plus this is pretty unlikey since two aces are already acounted for. so i would definitely call to see the turn. what comes out on turn?