50NL: AK 4b pot

[Fingerpainter]

villain was a complete unknown.

Full Tilt, $0.25/$0.50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
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BB: $50
UTG: $62.55
MP: $40.05
CO: $49.55
BTN: $55.80
Hero (SB): $50.75

Pre-Flop: A K dealt to Hero (SB)
UTG raises to $1.75, MP calls $1.75, 2 folds, Hero raises to $7, BB calls $6.50, 2 folds

Flop: ($17.50) J J 8 (2 Players)
Hero ???

[DonkSupreme]

It looks like a 3bet pot to me. I probably just cbet $9 and give up.

[Fingerpainter]

Originally Posted by DonkSupreme

It looks like a 3bet pot to me. I probably just cbet $9 and give up.

Oh, you're right. Was thinking about a different hand while posting this.

[Probability]

i give up vs an unknown.

[preflopjitters]

Without a lot of equity and vs. an unknown, I think you can give up pretty safely here.

[coachgp]

by cbettin, what hand are you trying to fold out?

[Maximus13]

ck fold

[dudu]

Originally Posted by coachgp

by cbettin, what hand are you trying to fold out?

that's an interesting question...

Couldn't we bet here as a blocking bet against BB's weaker ace range? If we check, he can take the lead w/AQ or AT, meaning we have to c/c on this nothing flop to avoid a mistake. It's possible he doesn't have a very wide weaker ace range given his call pre, but against an unknown this is difficult to say.

If we do c/c flop, we're in a fairly untenable position on the turn- we can take the lead, which seems bad as it just folds out all worse hands, or we can c/c again, meaning to catch him on a 2nd barrel, however i'm not sure he 2nd barrels often enough for this to be profitable, he's betting this more often for value than as a bluff.

Thus a c/c is bad, and hard to play oop thereafter. By leading flop we're merely protecting ourselves from making the mistake of folding a better hand.

maybe the his PP range, or FD range, or Jx range combined outweigh his Ax or Kx or SC range, and that's why i'm wrong here