$10 NLHE Full Ring (not 6-max): AK vs. a big stack

Here's a tough situation with a guy that I have no read on except that he has a big stack of chips

full tilt poker Game #26996193755: Table Mach 10 - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 08:55:02 ET - 2011/01/05
Seat 1: Maa40 ($7.74)
Seat 2: kruglay ($19.19)
Seat 3: Ezekuiel ($3.90)
Seat 4: krissab ($4.86)
Seat 5: gonchar64 ($10.20)
Seat 6: dtydad ($17.13)
Seat 7: msvfirle ($2.19)
Seat 8: alekseychuy ($12.33)
Seat 9: pcgnome ($10.14)
Maa40 posts the small blind of $0.05
kruglay posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pcgnome [Kh Ac]
Ezekuiel folds
krissab folds
gonchar64 folds
dtydad folds
msvfirle folds
alekseychuy folds
pcgnome raises to $0.30
Maa40 folds
kruglay raises to $1.10
pcgnome calls $0.80
*** FLOP *** [6s 4h 7d]
kruglay has 15 seconds left to act
kruglay bets $1.40

Lousy flop...All I have is AK high, but he could be bluffing. I was on the button, and I could have raised 4X the big blinds. I wanted to see the flop, and I wanted to be certain that this person would at least call.

4-bet pre

Seriously 4 bet pre. Simply because you have a stronger hand pre-flop and barring stats you crush their NL10 standard ranges. Calling is bad IMO because it forces you to play 3 handed on the flop which is generally not a good idea with AK. As played fold.

Also why is this listed a 6max in the thread title.

bcuz it is a 6-player max table, It gives me a deeper range to play with.

The last two posts make absolutely no sense.

its a 6max table with 9 people playing?

lol fun thread. Convert your hand OP. I wouuld call the flop and fold to a turn cbet, bet myself if he checks. Most people don't dbl barrel air in a 3bet pot.

ComplexPlaya said:

I would call the flop and fold to a turn cbet, bet myself if he checks.

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1) What portion of his range do you think is air?
2) Why are you betting the turn if he checks?

WSOP13 said:

its a 6max table with 9 people playing?

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Thhe name of the table is lightning. It was a 6-man rush table, and I agree that I should have 4-bet.

pcgnome said:

Thhe name of the table is lightning. It was a 6-man rush table, and I agree that I should have 4-bet.

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From your HH: "Table Mach 10"

Did you post the correct hand or have you been drinking heavily???

c9h13no3 said:

The last two posts make absolutely no sense.

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wow I am an idiot sorry doing to many things at once.

WVHillbilly said:

From your HH: "Table Mach 10"

Did you post the correct hand or have you been drinking heavily???

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lol.I posted the the wrong table, and it's still too early to be drinking heavily.

c9h13no3 said:

1) What portion of his range do you think is air?
2) Why are you betting the turn if he checks?

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1) We need to know how often he 3-bets, that's true, and he's unknown. A reg with 7-8% 3bet would most likely cbet all their range here. But we shouldn't jump to conclusions with an unknown as I did.

2) If the turn is not a diam nor a 5 it's a thin value bet but mostly to pick up the dead money. Overpairs we expect to bet again so once he checks he should have mostly Ax, broadways, SCs - depending on how much he 3bets.