50NL: AK Flop Decision 40bb Effective Stacks

[Snafu'd]

This one may be simple. No reads on the guy so I'm not sure if he's lost money or bought in short.

Full Tilt Poker, $0.25/$0.50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 4 Players
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BTN: $55.85
Hero (SB): $84.65
BB: $20.50
UTG: $58.65

Pre-Flop: A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] dealt to Hero (SB)
UTG folds, <font color="red">BTN raises to $1.75</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $5.75</font>, BB calls $5.25, BTN folds

Flop: ($13.25) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="blue"> Hero... </font>

[vixticator]

Meh, I just shove readless. Possible spew. With something resembling a read I would consider c/c or c/f.

[0uTpLaYeD]

pretty gay spot overall but I just open shove usually

[DLKeeper1]

cbet plz

[Snafu'd]

If you are shoving, you realize that there isn't a single pocket pair that he folds right?

[mickeyzee]

I think I like c/f. It's pretty rare that you are getting bluffed off the best hand here, maybe a split at best.
Shoving isn't going to get anything better than AK high to fold right now.
I think c/f &gt; c/c &gt; shoving

[shooot@04]

nasty spot, I dont like shoving because it seems really spewy but cbeting is almost 100% push, I guess shoving would be best here

[Snafu'd]

C-bettors - why?

[vixticator]

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If you are shoving, you realize that there isn't a single pocket pair that he folds right?

[/ QUOTE ]Do you think average 50nl opponent will shove if checked to in this spot? With ATC he called with PF? Like AQ, KQ, AJ, JT, etc. This is a pretty bad overcall unless he has Aces. If he's calling all pairs I think he also calls any type of suited broadway, AK, AQ, maybe even speculative hands like suited connectors? The only "reasonable" range, i.e. he isn't totally awful, would be QQ+. Maybe you get a free card? I think checking AA in this spot is fine as well if you had that...

[Snafu'd]

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If you are shoving, you realize that there isn't a single pocket pair that he folds right?

[/ QUOTE ]Do you think average 50nl opponent will shove if checked to in this spot? With ATC he called with PF? Like AQ, KQ, AJ, JT, etc. This is a pretty bad overcall unless he has Aces. If he's calling all pairs I think he also calls any type of suited broadway, AK, AQ, maybe even speculative hands like suited connectors? The only "reasonable" range, i.e. he isn't totally awful, would be QQ+. Maybe you get a free card? I think checking AA in this spot is fine as well if you had that...

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The point I'm trying to make is that if you are committed to get stacks in at this point, check calling is the better option b/c it allows him to bluff a worse hand. The reason I say this is b/c I can't think of a single hand that beats us that folds to a flop bet. He obviously may go ahead and call off with something like AQ if we shove, but there is a slight chance he will fold it. FWIW, I check folded the flop, but the more I thought about it the more I convinced myself that check calling would have been a decent option as well.