[Warren Harding]

What capping PF accomplishes is that you now get a note from villian saying "capable of capping AQo EP OOP". This may help you against him in the future. Against non-thinking players without a read, don't bother trying to be deceptive. Agaisnt thinking players that you see repeatedly, it's okay to do it a minority of the time.

The flop, you should bet. You got the hand you wanted, and you really want to know how villian will react. There is no need to get more aggressive. You are behind AK, AJ, JJ, AA, while you beat KK, QQ, TT, KQs whatever other pairs s/he isolates you with, and what other hands villian wants to play you HU. You lose to most of villian's range, especially the portion flop-raises the PF capper, while much of what you beat will fold the turn leaving you with a bad risk-to-reward ratio.

The question is whether to call down or fold. Expect calling down to be, from the the start of the flop raise to be: putting in 2.5 BB to win 8 (what's in the pot at the flop raise + the two bets villian is likely to make). Thus you need to be ahead now or will draw out AND will not be drawn out upon 2.5/8 <u>~</u> 1/3 of the time.

Against AK you have 3 outs. You are crushed by the rest. However, there are more cards that that may hurt you: [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]s, other high cards can hurt you but give you a redraw. All in all, I'd say the cards yet to come are a wash, or a slight negative for you.

Whatever the case, reads are crucial; it is a judgment call regarding how wide open villians range is. Keep in mind you capped and the flop came up dangerous to the hands you'd like to be against like KK, QQ, TT, 99, etc, but villian still raises. Without real reads, I'd call the flop and check-fold the turn.

Did s/he show AQs?