AKo in 4bet pot OOP

[KelownaPokerDad (Matt)]

Played some $2/5 at The Wynn this past weekend; this hand is from that session.

$1400 effective stacks.

Villain (UTG1) opens to $20, LJ calls.
We 3bet AKo (SB) to $85.
Villain 4bets to $225. We call. PLEASE ASSESS.

Flop Qs8s2s ($465)
We have no spades.

We check, Villain checks.

Turn Ts ($465).

We check, Villain bets $325, we fold.

Is this a no-brainer? Does he always have a spade here? Given we block AA and KK, he either has AK (with or without spade) or QQ.

Should I have just called his open from OOP rather than 3betting?

Thanks!

[Rayan]

Hi Matt !

One thing that you should maybe include in your hand story : do you cover Villain ?

I do like the call when he 4bets you, but only because he is UTG+1 and reps strong. Only you are able to know the dynamics at the table, the kind of player he was, etc..
Whether you had him covered or not, going all in here with anything else than Aces or Kings should not be done in my opinion, because you are way too deep and if you get called, it will be by AA or KK (mayyyybe QQ)

Flop is no good, sad story ! So is the turn. To me this is a no brainer, yes. Sometimes you really don’t hit, and the board is too dangerous to continue.
Also remember that having AK blocks AA, KK, but also AK as well. The thing is that he has a piece of it 95% of the time here (5% left being when he has QQ), and therefore it is too likely that he has one of them suited in spades, since you don’t.

Just a bad flop, you’ll find better spots. But this bad runnout shouldn’t make you question your 3bet preflop, I think it was good to narrow his range and value all his weaker hands.

[KelownaPokerDad (Matt)]

Thanks Rayan. I did have him covered; I think we were $800-900 effective. Not willing to stack off with AKo. If he has $400-500 pre, then I’d possibly shove and let the chips fall where they may.

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