Ak blind battle vs a tag

[DaycareInferno]

betting out the flop is a pretty simple one. you have a really good hand, and you're more likely than usual to get action on it in this situation. bvb, 3 bet pot, this is huge.

if you had a weaker hand like an A7, of course checking behind would make more sense (whether its best or not) than if you had a stronger hand like AK, because your hand is weaker. in that case, you might be better of letting hands like 88/TT/whatever bet into you on the turn, whereas when you have AK, your opponent will make an incorrect call much more often. don't think that AQ-A9 aren't in this guys range to call a 3bet heads up just because he is a tag. those are all big hands heads up.

[danny8]

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is betting flop in this spot a must?
I often check it behind with weaker hands in such spot, so i assumed i should also do that with tptk:/

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But by betting out your hand on the flop you make the decision making alot easier in later streets.

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I also make it a lot easier for him by cbetting:/

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how so? i think cbetting puts him at a more awkward spot, you should be cbetting here most of the time with other stuff you 3bet with i.e 56s etc. it puts the tough descision on him 'do you really have an ace?'

he prolly knows you're gonna 3bet his sb open lightly, AK is at the top of your range

[Arcturus]

I would have c-bet the flop 2/3 the pot due to the nature of the board. The decent TAG likely was just trying to steal your blind preflop since he didn't re-raise. C-betting will also let you know if villian is serious by either calling or raising your bet.

Since you checked and then bet the turn, the villian may think that you are weak since you didn't c-bet the flop. The check-raise may have been done just to give you the impression that he is strong. In any case, why did you check the flop if you didn't want action on the turn? That 5 most likely didn't help him. I would be very tempted to push after the check-raise.

[Shaqalicious]

your hand is so under-repped here that you need to call that river push. i don't think you're behind very often.

[Kasane]

I really don't mind the flop chk - sometimes - against an some villains. Absolutely dry board, and we're not getting much value of anything but another Ax. Usually what happens is that our flop chk brings a turn bet. We call, they chk river; we bet -- and they sometimes call, sometimes muck. Generally more than c-betting the flop will get us against their range.

We've gotta be ready for the suckouts that come every once in a while, however, and I've not played the flop chk behind often enough to get a feel for a tag villain's c/r on the turn. Have we under-repped enough for the to think their AQ is good, or did they just hit two pair or a set on us.

As under-repped as you are, I think you go to the felt on the turn or fold.

Now, the real problem was the pf rr size -- you made it profitable for his to call with his entire range of legitimate pf raising hands.

Anyway, real point of my post is this: raise more, and flop chk should be in your vocabulary.