25NL: Awkward AK spot

[TheSalche]

No reads, how is my preflop 3bet? Should I cbet this flop?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

CO ($27.95)
Button ($24.65)
SB ($100.50)
BB ($25)
UTG ($14.10)
Hero ($30.60)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to $1</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $3</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, UTG calls $2.

Flop: ($6.35) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $4.5</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to $11.1</font>, Hero calls $6.60.

Turn: ($28.55) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

River: ($28.55) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: $28.55

[creamfillin]

standard

[Dogballs88]

I probably make it $4 PF if you're going to re-pop, and make your CB bigger - putting more of his stack in PF and a bigger CB makes calling his raise much easier and not a big mathematical mistake, if at all.

[TheSalche]

bump

[Warteen]

3bet is standard preflop; c-bet on dry flop is questionable. Normally I'd c-bet after 3-betting almost always, but against a halfstack you should probably wait until the turn. If he checks again, you can d-bet (phrase my friend coined); if he bets there you can get away from your AK high cheaply.

That said, I can live with the c-bet (and might do it myself), but as played, you have to fold the flop when he checkraises all-in. You only beat a bluff; villain has pocket pair here like 75+% of the time.

[monkover]

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3bet is standard preflop; c-bet on dry flop is questionable. Normally I'd c-bet after 3-betting almost always, but against a halfstack you should probably wait until the turn. If he checks again, you can d-bet (phrase my friend coined); if he bets there you can get away from your AK high cheaply.

That said, I can live with the c-bet (and might do it myself), but as played, you have to fold the flop when he checkraises all-in. You only beat a bluff; villain has pocket pair here like 75+% of the time.

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Even if he does the odds are too good to fold. cbet and call all in.