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.
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