Some pre-flop thoughts, is cold calling here okay?

[jstill]

u ll get to play the sb in other pots, just 3 bet this hand and hope u hit a flop so u can get some more bets in good against overaggro UTG and donkey CO, dont pass up this equity to get others in a pot cuttin in on ur equity later in the hand when it matters most. Who knows he may even find a KJo in the sb he'll play for 2.5 more small bets anyways.

[DING-DONG YO]

I think you were over thinking it.

My thinking goes back to giving your opponents the opportunity to make mistakes. By offering the SB 7:1, he is correct to call with a ton of hands, including suited junk. By 3betting, you give him the opportunity to make a huge mistake by making his odds 4:1, making him correct to call with only a premium hand.

Plus you're probably the best hand PF (maybe a pocket pair out there), so get your money in when you're still good.

[jstill]

Also ur passing up atleast 2 more bets from the UTG and CO preflop where u likely have the best and possible dominating hand (or atleast 33% equity) to maybe gain 2.5 more preflop when both blinds call and neither would have called the 3 bet, ur probably going to make the blinds face 2 bets cold on the flop anyways driving them out a large portion of the time when UTG bets CO calls and you raise your TPTK unless sb has top pair also inwhich case he'd probably have called preflop anyways.

[bobhalford]

I'm surprised that there is any debate over this. We have the button and AK, a drawing hand. The blinds are dead money and are likely to call the three bet. I can't think of one reason to be calling here. Just sounds like the worst play ever.