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For the first hand we are about 35 hands into the match. I was only opening about 75% of hands at this point. He was calling 50% oop and 3betting only 8%. I felt like his range was probably very polarized as we didn't have a really aggressive dynamic and I wasn't playing too tricky or floaty up to this point. I don't remember the last time I flatted a 3bet with AK, but at the time this felt like a pretty good spot to give it a go. Also, because he is a reg if we went to showdown with this hand it would really throw him off as to what hands I would be 4betting vs flatting latter on. Thoughts? I think the flop call is standard although I did consider raising planning to call a shove as I do raise a lot of flops small in 3b pots. Thoughts? Given that he probably expects me to float this flop with almost 100% of my range, I still had ok showdown value and likely 6 good outs, and he would likely bluff shove my outs on the river I think I need to call this turn. Thoughts?

Merge - $2 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players

BB: $383.05
Hero (SB): $225.67

Hero posts SB $1.00, BB posts BB $2.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $3.00) Hero has A K

Hero raises to $6.00, BB raises to $20.00, Hero calls $14.00

Flop: ($40.00, 2 players) 2 9 2
BB bets $22.00, Hero calls $22.00

Turn: ($84.00, 2 players) T
BB bets $54.00, Hero calls $54.00



The second hand was about 75 hands into the match. We did get to showdown in the first AK hand I am sure that is still fresh on his mind. By this point his 3bet was up to 18% and my button open had climbed up over 80%. This was my first 4bet of the match. I felt the timing was pretty perfect as he had definitely been ramping up his aggression and it could easily look like I was tired of it. Thoughts on my sizing given that we are deep? My real question though is about his line. In his shoes do you think this is the best line given that you have seen me not 4bet AK and that we are 150bb deep?

Merge - $2 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: $344.10
Hero (SB): $304.34

Hero posts SB $1.00, BB posts BB $2.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $3.00) Hero has K A

Hero raises to $6.00, BB raises to $20.00, Hero raises to $49.00, BB raises to $344.10 and is all-in, Hero calls $255.34 and is all-in

Flop: ($608.68, 2 players) 9 2 3

Turn: ($608.68, 2 players) T

River: ($608.68, 2 players) K

First hand you should def 4bet.

#1 Open wider pre flop unless your opponent has given you a _very_ good reason not to.

#2 4 bet the first hand.

#3 Flat the 2nd hand.

As played: I certainly don't think it is a good idea to base you thought process on "Given that he probably expects me to float this flop with almost 100% of my range". That seems pretty far fetched.