$50 AK rr pot, big pot
 

Button is 17/10 after 800 hands and tbh before yesterday I never noticed him as a regular. Yesterday he 3 bet my pfr after a coldcaller and I folded, w/e. He's on a bunch of tables with me now and I noticed that he likes to isolate limpers and steal dead money so I think he's raising lightly alot here but I'm not sure what kind of range to assign to him. Shortstack coldcaller is a donk with $12.xx left and doesn't matter.

Is this a bet/call?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Button ($49.75)
Hero ($49.50)
BB ($58.15)
UTG ($42.25)
UTG+1 ($30.70)
MP1 ($49.25)
MP2 ($22.45)
MP3 ($32.60)
CO ($83.45)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls $0.50, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP2 calls $0.50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, CO calls $0.50, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to $3.5</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $9.5</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG folds, MP2 calls $9, CO folds, Button calls $6.

Flop: ($30) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero

Re: $50 AK rr pot, big pot
 

I think your 3bet is too small, make it more like 11-12. on the flop as played I check/fold because you have bad position 3 handed.

Re: $50 AK rr pot, big pot
 

I'd give him a range of like 66+,AQs+,AKo.

I bet this flop like 90% of the time after 3betting it - checking is really weak and you give yourself no real chance of winning the hand. If you bet, you give hands like 66,77,99-JJ/AQ/AK a chance to fold, whereas they might bet if you check.

The shorter stack left does matter IMO because you are in a somewhat protected pot. He is probably calling with ATC, so the pot will be big if you bet say $20, MP2 throws his $12 in and it gets to the button who might be tempted to call with his middle pair.

Since this is a protected pot, I probably just check/fold the flop as weak as it seems. If it was HU with the button, the pot would be smaller and a standard cbet might have a better chance of taking this pot down.