$200 NL AT Tribeca. My first 2 hands at the table I get AK in each blind

#1) Im the BB with [Ks]. 2 limpers and I raise to $12. UTG ($119) calls.

Pot $27. Flop [Qs][2d]. I bet $20 and he calls.
Pot $67. Turn . I check and he checks behind
Pot $67. River . I bet $34.....Thoughts. Standard?

#2) Very next hand. Button ($310) raises to $6. I decide to just call with [Kh]. BB also calls (same guy from last hand)

Pot $18 Flop [5d][2c]. I lead $14. BB folds and button calls.
Pot $44. Turn . I bet $30 and he calls.
Pot $104. River . Do you bet this?

Bonus hand

I raise $7 with [Kh] on different table. Button ($173) and BB ($300) call.

Pot $22. Flop [Qh][7c]. BB checks, I bet $15. Button calls and BB folds.
Pot $52. Turn . I check, he bets $32. Whats my play?

Bonus hand....I mostly agree that reraising is better because I will normally either take it down preflop or on the flop, but I think that if a K flops, I make alot more money by just calling preflop. I mean, the only way the pots gonna get big and Im gonna win is if he has KQ / KJ.

If I reraise preflop, he probably folds KQ and almost certainly KJ, so I cant make any money by flopping a K. If that pot gets big in araised and reraised pot, I think he has AK or AA ( or maybe KK).

I can also, just call preflop and lead just about any flop and that way if he has nothing, he folds, just like he wouldve if I reraised preflop. The only way I get hurt is if I just call preflop and he has something like J9s and I lead a Jxx flop and he calls when he wouldve folded to a reraise preflop, but even then Im only losing about $6 + $14 or $20.

If I reraise preflop to $20 and then CB the flop and he has a big hand Im going to lose alot more than $20 so i think those 2 scenarios (him having a big hand vs him having a hand he wouldve folded preflop if I reraised).

So what Im saying is the only way it makes a big difference is if a K flops and the pot gets big. I think by not reraising, odds are better I have the best hand than if I had reraised preflop and the pot got big.

having said all that, I do reraise preflop probably 75% of the time, but mainly its to stop them from raising my blind too much. At Tribeca though, the preflop raises are much less frequent than at UB or other sites.

I agree with calling preflop in position, and I will do this a decent amount of the time (usually vs tight opponents who will fold to my 3bets with AT-AQ or KJ-KQ) as you will almost always extract more from them when the flop is A or K high and they have Ax/Kx. Against better opponents however it's hard to extract too much against TPWK and they may even be able to push you off your hand - however since we're talking tribeca here this discussion may all be moot, there really aren't many good aggressive/positional players there.

At stars however, if I do think about flat-calling with AK preflop, i'm much more likely to do so in position than OOP. I'm the same with AQ/AJ if the raise is from the CO/BTN and i'm in a blind.

Hand 1: Wow, at 200NL this is 2/3 pot, 1/2 pot, push (or whatever you need for his stack) every time. Especially against a short stack.

He'll have ace rag a good % of the time.

At 400NL I'll check turn a lot more (though not against a shortie).

Hand 2: bet every time, after a bit of a pause. He'll have a weak K a good % of the time, not many draws he'd have called the turn with.

Bonus hand: check-call down? That J is not a nice card for your hand.