why to never slow play AK...

i have no clue why people slow play AK preflop, he let me take control and i never gave up. i dont like slowplaying any big hands, but if the situation allows it i may slow play AA, but NEVER AK, its not a made hand, its stupid.

PokerStars Game #8194822378: Tournament #41808846, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/01/30 - 11:05:50 (ET)
Table '41808846 2' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: belll$ (1320 in chips)
Seat 2: leonard3p3 (1580 in chips)
Seat 3: Wideglide02 (1890 in chips)
Seat 4: wvualum77 (1710 in chips)
Seat 6: icemandav007 (1410 in chips)
Seat 7: Javlin389t (1720 in chips)
Seat 8: rw11687 (1420 in chips)
Seat 9: =kgsaes= (2450 in chips)
Wideglide02: posts small blind 10
wvualum77: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rw11687 [Qh Ah]
icemandav007: folds
Javlin389t: calls 20
rw11687: raises 80 to 100
=kgsaes=: folds
belll$: calls 100
leonard3p3: calls 100
Wideglide02: folds
wvualum77: folds
Javlin389t: calls 80
*** FLOP *** [As Qd 4h]
Javlin389t: checks
rw11687: bets 120
belll$: folds
leonard3p3: folds
Javlin389t: raises 120 to 240
rw11687: raises 200 to 440
Javlin389t: calls 200
*** TURN *** [As Qd 4h] [4s]
Javlin389t: bets 240
rw11687: raises 640 to 880 and is all-in
Javlin389t: calls 640
*** RIVER *** [As Qd 4h 4s] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Javlin389t: shows [Ad Kd] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
rw11687: shows [Qh Ah] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
rw11687 collected 3070 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3070 | Rake 0
Board [As Qd 4h 4s Ts]
Seat 1: belll$ folded on the Flop
Seat 2: leonard3p3 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: Wideglide02 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: wvualum77 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: icemandav007 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Javlin389t showed [Ad Kd] and lost with two pair, Aces and Fours
Seat 8: rw11687 showed [Qh Ah] and won (3070) with two pair, Aces and Queens
Seat 9: =kgsaes= folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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I agree about not slowplaying AK. But I doubt in this hand it would have made any difference. You probably would have called a standard preflop raise. Then after the flop, it appears he really liked his pair. He probably would have paid you off anyway.

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yea i was thinking the same thing, i def would have called but it just shows that AK is not a slow playing hand.

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Actually, there are very few times that I slowplay preflop. Just to many cards to come. The situation has to be just right. For example, in a THF game I was playing I was sitting just righ of Fonz. I had noted that on a couple occassions when I was small blind and just called the big blind, with no one else in the hand, he would move all in with a moderate hand (usuall a small PP). On one hand I picked up KK in the small blind. Its folded around to me, so I just flat call hoping he has a decent hand. Sure enough, he moves all in with 88 and I call. They hold up and I bust him out. The only reason I didnt raise preflop is because I knew if he had a moderate hand he would fold, but if I just call he may try and push me off the hand and pick up the blinds.

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