NL100: AA gets into tricky flop spot

[Ryanj37]

<font color="blue">No reads on villian</font>


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CO ($93)
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($100)</font>
SB ($95)
BB ($96.20)
<font color="#C00000">UTG ($153.75)</font>
UTG+1 ($50.65)
MP1 ($7.55)
MP2 ($41.05)
MP3 ($235)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to $3.5</font>, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $11</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to $31.5</font>, Hero calls $17.

Ok, so I didn't 5bet/shove because I figure it lets him off the hook with AK, QQ etc and I can stack him on the flop. Thoughts?

Flop: ($61) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG bets $30</font>

Terrible flop. What do i do here?

[Ctrl.Dominate]

If you think it is possible he has AK you can justify a shove. If AK isn't a part of his range then fold. AK seems pretty unlikely to me since you have two aces IMO.

[Gipper]

AK - 6 combinations
AA - 1 combination
KK, QQ, JJ - 3 combinations each = 9
TT - 6 combinations

I personally think TT is fairly unlikely here. Of the remaining hands, you are losing to 9, tied with 1, and beating 6. The 6 AK combinations have 4 outs to tie and 2 to win. I think this is a fold. Having said that, push pre-flop is my play, but I play NL10. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[ToomuchCoffee]

Shove preflop!!! He 3-bets you, so he will not fold very often. And if he folds, well its a 61$ pot.

[SABR42]

No need to get tricky. Just shove pre-flop.

As played, I probably shove anyway.

[Renton]

in 4bet pots with 100bb, every flop with AA is an awesome flop.

[threads13]

I think just calling preflop is fine, but so is shoving. I lean towards shoving preflop as I think most villains will call anyways.

When he 4-bets you preflop I am thinking he is mostly on a big pair range with maybe AK in there. Given that, you are mostly behind on the flop. You do have 6 outs and some small chance of being ahead so I don't think you should be folding. If you call here though you are going to be calling the turn as well since you will be getting 4:1 on a call when you are at works a 6.5:1 dog and are still ahead sometimes. I don't see a point in raising the flop though, you aren't getting a better hand to fold ever and AK is a small part of his range so you will mostly be putting all of your money in as a dog.