4nl AKo in CO, mono-flop & turn, 3b pot

[WeaselT]

somebody please why 4b better than flatting 3b and why?

[OngBonga]

somebody please why 4b better than flatting 3b and why?

Because we miss 2/3 flops and face a cbet a high % of the time. Are we gonna call cbet with ace high vs bb's 3betting range?

When we 4bet, he folds a lot of pairs. If we flat his 3bet, these same pairs outflop us more often than not and take it down with a cbet or extract value from our call.

If he's making a play here with like 89s or whatever, I don't want to call and allow him to see the flop and control the action.

[Fnord]

Pre-flop is ridic standard. As said, if you're calling here you need to not give up on a bunch of flops that miss your hand.

Usually checking the turn behind here. I don't hate a bet.
If I check the turn, I'm probably folding to a river bet without reads.