AKs CO on K92r: Deep-Stack AKs Line

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

Open AKs, flat the 3-bet, mostly call flop, check turn, and call river for the price.

Flop Analysis

Flop K92 rainbow, BB c-bets small into a big pot. With top pair/top kicker and excellent pot odds, calling is preferred—raising mostly isolates us vs stronger Kx and overpairs and doesn’t fold out many worse hands.

Note: Flop raise is slightly lower EV; solver prefers calling with top pair/top kicker on this dry board.

Turn Analysis

Turn 7h after a flop raise/call leaves SPR ~0.8; solver leans toward checking our whole range here, including top pair, to avoid overplaying marginal hands and to let BB continue bluffing. Checking is a solid, low-variance option.

River Analysis

River 4d, BB shoves 59bb into 136bb; we’re getting ~2.3:1 and need ~30% equity. AK is still top pair and has some showdown value, so calling is reasonable.

Key Concepts

  • Protection Priority
  • Villain Strong Advantage
  • IP
  • Dry Board
  • 4.3:1 NEED:19%