25 NL AK flop AK9 reraised

[Kazimyrch]

Villain is weak. Last hand he slowplayed a straight on a flop with 3 spades. What should I do here with his raise? Is there any way I can avoid shoving?

Absolute Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
6 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $21.85
UTG+1: $49.60
CO: $9.65
Button: $10.50
Hero: $31.60
BB: $13.10

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is SB with A/images/graemlins/club.gif K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, 2 folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $1.25</font>, BB calls, UTG+1 folds.

Flop: K/images/graemlins/heart.gif 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif A/images/graemlins/spade.gif ($2.75, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $1.5</font>, <font color="#cc0000">BB raises to $3</font>, Hero ??

[Nick C]

One way or another, you're playing for 52 BB stacks here.

I probably would 3-bet to like $8 and let him be the one to put me all-in, with the plan of pushing for his last measly $4 on any turn if he just called.

Just pushing on the flop is more standard, I guess, but this seems like one of those spots where a donkish play might be more successful than a big 3-bet.

Edit: Calling on the flop and then leading again on any turn seems like another consideration.

[Peter Harris]

set villain all in? other option is call and bet turn, but why give villain a look at the turn.