this question came from a 2+2 thread i was reading about 3betting. let's say we're on the button with AA, and a 24/16 opens in the CO (or any other player who is opening with a wide range and only continuing with a small range). his range here is very weak (in terms of fold equity - he folds a large % of his range to aggression), so one adjustment we could make to exploit that would be to 3bet a weak(er than average) range - to exploit the amount he is folding. there are two ways to weaken a range

1 - add more weak hands to it
2 - remove strong hands from it

i always assumed that we should be doing #1, because i thought i didn't want my range to be 100% bluffs (unless my opponent somehow folded 100% of the time), because that detracts value from hands like KK,AA the times he actually does have one of the hands making up the 15% (or whatever %) of his range he actually continues with, whether flatting or 4betting.

this is just one scenario i can imagine where flatting AA might be preferable. my question is - what do you people think of flatting AA to a preflop raise? do you do it? and what kind of conditions need to be met to make you prefer flatting it to 3betting it?

thanks