A♣K♣ BB vs BTN, preflop, 35 bb
The spot
- You: BB
- Opponent: BTN
- Your hand: A♣K♣
- Board: preflop, no board yet
- Effective stack: 35 bb
- Pot: 26 bb
BTN opens 2bb, BB 3‑bets 8bb, BTN 4‑bets to 18bb.
Best response at 35bb effective?
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Best play: Jam
Why
At 35bb effective AKs has enough equity and blocker value against a wide heads-up 4‑bet range to jam for pure stack-off, since calling realizes equity poorly out of position and folding a premium is far too tight.
Key idea
At sub-40bb depth, AKs is a pure shove versus a heads-up 4‑bet — never fold and rarely flat.