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I've been a proponent of raising with AK, and I still think this is the best stradegy in NL, but I'm starting to think that in NL that may not be the best option unless you're in very early position.
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so is this thread about AK in NL or limit? my responses would vary accordingly.
if it's limit, beavis hits the nail on the head. limit is a game of small edges, and raising preflop when you're sure to have equity over hands likely to call is one of thsoe small edges.
the mindset of a PF raise being a bad idea b/c it "makes your opponents play more correctly by building a pot" derives largely from a passing reference in sklanskys THFAP. on page 159. however, sklansky refers only to hands that are "pretty good but not great", and AK isn't in that category. Ak is a great hand, and pokertracker should verify that fact for you.
it will miss a lot, but that just doesn't make a hand bad.
maxpot