Did I play this AK fine?

[tdx]

Party Poker, $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LegoPoker Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $39.51
SB: $27.39
BB: $25
UTG: $45.55 <font color="blue">Villain is 20/15/3.5 and seems solid </font>
MP: $24.14
CO: $22.79

Pre-Flop: K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] dealt to Hero (BTN)
UTG calls $0.25, <font color="red">MP raises to $0.75</font>, CO folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $2</font>, 2 folds, UTG calls $1.75, MP calls $1.25
Flop: ($6.35) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 Players)
UTG checks, MP checks, <font color="red">Hero bets $4</font>, <font color="red">UTG raises to $12</font>, MP folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $37.51 and is All-In</font>

[whyzze]

your 3bet is way to small. at least 3. You gave them great odds to set mine.

[Lego05]

No.


Pre-flop raise must be larger...like $2.75-$3.50


Personally I just call UTG's raise. Sure I'm getting all-in but if he's trying some weird bluff I want to let him keep it up on the turn. And I don't want to give AT or w/e a reason to fold.

[tdx]

Thanks for replies. I'm feeling a bit lost when sizing my 3bets. Should it be 3x the amount of money already in the pot or some other formula?

[Lego05]

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Thanks for replies. I'm feeling a bit lost when sizing my 3bets. Should it be 3x the amount of money already in the pot or some other formula?

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I usually make it 3.5 times the raise, but more when other people are in the pot and definitely more if there's a caller of the raise in between.

[whyzze]

more stuff goes into it.

if you are OOP it shoulld be larger
if there are limpers or any cold calls it should be larger
if the raiser is very loose then i'm going to make it bigger and so on.

[Scapegote]

I hate when this happens to me, 20/15's limping UTG (and then calling a raise and a re-raise cold) to me is a small pocket pair most the time. If the villian really is solid he won't be calling you with anything you beat. Any ace big enough for him to call with he should have raised pf.

Folding seems way to weak tight here, I think the best (and by that I mean least bad) option is to call the check raise and let him continue betting it for you, this is definitely a wa/wb situation.

[MrWooster]

Only a set beats you here, and I think he probably has a set quite a lot. The c/r is very strong, but I still probably get it AI here if villain is fishy and expect to see AT/AJ/PPs a lot. Vs a decent TAG, I would fold to the c/r.

[argy1182]

Probably would have made the PF raise bigger to crush the set miners. However, you're probably getting AI with the best of it here. You're at your commitment threshold, so this is the point in time where you need to decide whether you want all your chips in the pot or not.
If you push now, he either folds or calls. If you call here, he either bets and you call almost without thought since you've already made that decision; or else he checks and you're gonna bet. I wouldn't let him see another card without having to make a decision against my AI.