Good Night at the Tables

I made back 10 buy ins last night and that puts me at even from this horrible week of cards.  I need to post my graph so you can see the greatest comeback of all time. ;)  $194.00 for those that are counting.  I have two leaks that I seem to have never noticed before, but poker tracker has brought it to light very well for me.  AK, I am playing this hand way wrong or I am playing it right, but it never becomes equitable.  I will raise hard against players with high VP, to get the extra money in the pot, I will three bet the hand almost everytime, especially against people who PRF 7% or less.  This leaves me still with the 1 in 5 of hitting the damn flop.  I show major aggression preflop and follow it up like I have a monster post-flop, depending on players, position of course, and I am losing money here..

Now, people think a call is good with AK in position, playing is passively, if you hit bet it, if you don't dump it.  The three bet is there to narrow the field down, because at this level it is what you have to do to get the players out of the hand, especially the set miners.  Now, when the flop comes (passive play) and your A or K hits with a 5 or 3 on the board with 3-4 people in the pot, wtf do you do now? You bet, you get reraised you fold, (unless there VP is high and they are a fish), but you have to fold to any competent player here, but if they just call you with no draw out there, firing the second bullet at this level pot commits you and you are most likely up against a slow played set or KQ, so you fire again. Here is when the slow play will reraise and you can still find a fold, but another call means KQ.    This can all be avoided if you  push the tight set miners out preflop.  I also like to use the fold to three bet stats, because these nits you can rob all night so make sure the three bet is equitable.  I think I am playing the hand correctly, but I am just losing big pots because I can not find the fold option and I am not seeing the straights.  (I have lost top two AK, to two straights last couple of nights, one was QJ, the other was AQ and it always happens when you raise UTG with AK and get the limpers behind you. I fucking hate AK utg at 9-man cash)

Thats it, I had a good night, made two bad plays, but I love the HUD and it has made me more money that I normally would.  I love the fact that I can call people all in preflop with middle pairs now.