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3 bet preflop, c bet the flop, and raise the turn. If you 3 bet preflop it makes the hand a lot easier to play

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I will actually call on the button with AK occasionally to avoid this exact situation. I'm trying to avoid building 50 BB pots preflop against middle stacks like this so that my c-bets don't commit me. In this situation, assuming both players call, my c-bet will commit me, because it will be about 2/3 of MP's stack. Even if only MP calls, I'm putting at least a little over half his stack in with my c-bet, and I pretty much have to call if he pushes.

Against a bigger stack, 3-betting here makes sense all the time, because it makes getting the money in with a good flop a lot easier. Here, getting the money in is going to be pretty easy regardless. Am I way off-base here?