$10 NLHE 6-max: TPTK raised on the flop

$10 NL HE 6-max: TPTK raised on the flop

I'm always confused what to do when I have tptk and I get raised on the flop. 3 examples here. In each case, the villains are not that crazy that top pair top kicker is the nuts. But I don't think they always have two pair or better.


First hand, villain is 20/8 after 25 hands.

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Hero (MP): $24.78
CO: $10.00
BTN: $5.76
SB: $10.00
BB: $5.02
UTG: $9.29

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is MP with A K
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.40, CO calls $0.40, BTN calls $0.40, 2 folds

Flop: ($1.35) 3 A T (3 players)
Hero bets $0.80, CO raises to $1.80, BTN folds, Hero ???


Hand 2, villain is 17/7 after 45 hands.

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MP: $13.96
CO: $10.88
BTN: $12.64
SB: $10.00
BB: $17.28
Hero (UTG): $10.31

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is UTG with K A
Hero raises to $0.40, 3 folds, SB calls $0.35, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.90) 9 A 4 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.50, SB raises to $1.70, Hero requests TIME, Hero ???


Last hand is actually top pair 2nd kicker. Villain is 27/20 after 125 hands.

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Hero (MP): $10.15
CO: $10.80
BTN: $13.41
SB: $11.52
BB: $9.85
UTG: $3.45

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is MP with Q A
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.30, 2 folds, SB calls $0.25, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.70) 9 J A (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.40, SB raises to $1.20, Hero ???

Do you have any postflop aggression stats?

Unless you have a read that says "check-raises light," I think you have to curse and fold here. Maybe buy a stuffed dog to kick for situations like this.

Disclaimer: Better players may differ.

I think just folding to the raise seems weak tight. But if we just call there's no turn card that will make us really happy.

As for aggression stats, the first villain is 2.0, second villain 5.0 and third is 1.8. Sample size is somewhat small though.

On the second one with an aggression of 5 I wouldn't be surprised if hes a check/raise happy kinda guy. He probably knows you will cbet, so hes just doing this hoping that you don't have an ace. I think he would also do this with Ax, and since hes only 17/7 he shouldn't have paired his x.