AKs CO on K92r: Top Pair, Deep Stack

Hero
A♥K♥
Position
CO
Pot
3-Bet Pot
Flop
K♠ 9♦ 2♣

Deep and multiway, top pair/top kicker should mostly call the flop and turn, then call the river shove getting a good price.

Flop Analysis

K92 rainbow is a great flop for us, but BB’s flop donk is a strong, value-heavy stab. With top pair and strong kicker, we mostly call and occasionally raise large; the 24bb raise is too small and gives BB a great price to continue with a wide range.

Note: Flop raise size is too small; prefer calling or using a larger raise size to pressure BB’s range.

Turn Analysis

Turn 7h doesn’t change much—BB’s range is now very value-heavy after calling the flop raise. With SPR under 2, checking back is sensible: we avoid getting raised off our equity and let BB continue with bluffs and weaker value on the river.

River Analysis

River 4d bricks the main draws; facing a 57bb shove into 137.5bb, we’re getting ~2.4:1 and need ~29% equity. AK blocks some natural bluffs (AQ/AJ), so we don’t get as much fold equity as we’d like, but top pair still has enough showdown value to justify calling.

Key Concepts

  • Protection Priority
  • Villain Strong Advantage
  • IP
  • Dry Board
  • 4.1:1 NEED:19.8%