100NL AKs pre vs steal vs wide 3bet

[Gobbatino]

BU is 19/15 with 27% ATS - generally aggro post flop
SB is 23/13 with 14% 3bet from the SB - 55% cbet, straight forward post flop

Both have a wide range here. I'm interested to see what you guys normally do in this spot.

Full Tilt Pot-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (8 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($104.50)
UTG+1 ($332.95)
MP1 ($130.95)
MP2 ($289.25)
CO ($211.85)
Button ($100)
SB ($108.15)
Hero (BB) ($104.25)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K, A
5 folds, Button bets $3, SB raises to $10, Hero ?

[AFchung]

25/snap

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21/history dependant

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i don't mind calling either

[Micro2Macro]

call if you have a nitty image

4bet if you dont

ofc 4bet/folding with a real nitty image would be okay cuz ppl would lay down QQ and AK to you

[PapalRage]

25/snap

This.

I'm not a big fan of flatting here. We won't get value on A or K high boards, and with BU calling behind a fair amount with his speculative hands, we won't have position.

[Gobbatino]

Thanks guise. Image is looser than your average TAG.

I thought 4betting pre would narrow my range a lot and *could* be exploited whereas calling leaves a lot of worse hands in there but leaves me potentially OOP without initiative. On the other hand there's loads of dead money and there's also a lot of value in 4 betting with the SB being a bit stationy pre.

I ended up flatting but I think with my image 4 betting is best.

[BankItDrew]

Calling is bad because both players avoid making mistakes preflop vs you.

[Deanglow]

nah don't call just 4bet and bluff occasionally

[rpm]

i like a 4bet mostly for reasons bankitdrew outlined. give him some rope. especially if you don't have a nitty image, as m2m outlined. so as it turns out, i've added nothing of value to this discussion.

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i like a 4bet mostly for reasons bankitdrew outlined. give him some rope. especially if you don't have a nitty image, as m2m outlined. so as it turns out, i've added nothing of value to this discussion.

what do you mean give him rope? you think hes gonna jam AJ?

[Micro2Macro]

lol rope

whether to 4b/fold or 4b/call is very game flow dependent

our raise isn't so much for value as it is to bluff and then face a situation where we are priced to calling off our stack.

if you b/c you aren't certainly aren't getting it in ahead of villains range

[rpm]

oh ok fair enough. i thought that given this guy 3bets a decent amount from the SB, and we have a loose-ish aggressive image that 4bet/call was pretty standard. especially BvB. my bad

[badgers]

4bet/fold? Gross imo. It's not like it's that hard to play if you call.