NL100: Nut straight, 3betted pot - extracting question

[ranka]

MP1: 27/19/3 - 85 hands

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (8 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

UTG ($158.35)
UTG+1 ($109.85)
MP1 ($197.15)
MP2 ($304.70)
CO ($102)
Button ($97)
Hero ($128.75)
BB ($98.50)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to $6</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $18</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 calls $12.

Flop: ($37) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks or bets?

[AllTheCheese]

Wait, what? What's the question? Bet bet bet bet bet.

[Specialwon]

How often does he not have a set or top pair here? Villain is sitting on his prayer mat saying "please don't let him have AK bc I have to call or raise any bet".

My guess is the money will go in here no matter what you do but I hope you bet it.

I would only slowplay where hy hand has very obviously crippled the deck, not so here.

GL at NL100 by the way, not that you need it.

[Baja15]

Hero Bets around $26. If villian has a mid PP your probably not going to get much more anyway and he will probably raise you with most of the rest of his range

[CalledDownLight]

$28

[Kos13]

Probably just c/f and wait for a better spot.

<font color="white">Yeah, bet.</font>

[2.7182]

Bet in the upper range of your ussual cbet (people tend to believe you less in monotone flops), also a 4th heart will shut up the action.

[JSampras1]

Another reason not to check/raise is if you just c-bet, and he's feeling super aggro, has KQ with the Kh or something maybe he raises you. Plus you will not be happy if the board pairs, and a heart or K kills your action. Check raise pretty much kills the hand unless he has a set, in which case he'll get all in anyway.

I guess if he has nothing C/R gets you the most money, but with a monster like that I'd rather assume he has a hand that can call/raise and go for his whole stack.