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I don't really like b/c-ing unless you know villan is capable of making large moves postflop. this would be a decent flop to shove 79[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] and the like.

I don't really like b/f-ing as much either. But at least with b/f-ing you can usually be confident that you are beat (in most cases).

checking is probably what I would do. Unless villan and you have extensive history, I don't think you need to ask yourself what you would do if you had AK in this spot and the meta implications that follow with checking. I would probably check and call the flop.