$25 NLHE 6-max: AKo vs. OOP 4 bet caller

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Villian Stats (VPIP/PFR/AF): 25/20/2

I have never been in this situation before and I found myself pretty lost as to what to do or how to even approach this hand. The villain has folded to a 4 bet after 3 betting 2/4 times from the BB. Only 4bet+ hand shown was KQo. Overall I don't have much 4 bet info on this guy.

I felt like the villain was trying to steal given the button called so I decided to 4 bet and take it down. To my surprise he just called and when I missed the flop I wasn't sure of what to do. When I miss the flop but it's very dry like this, should I shove, check and evaluate, or bet something in the middle? And on the turn do I give up or rip it in? I felt like he had something like 88-JJ or AKo. At this level it seems like people either shove or fold to 4bets so I was kind of lost.

BB Villain (BB): 144.36 BB (VPIP: 24.69, PFR: 20.07, 3Bet Preflop: 10.70, hands: 826)
UTG (UTG): 55.04 BB
Hero (CO): 100 BB
BTN (BTN): 141.16 BB
SB (SB): 100 BB
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Dealt to Hero: A♥ K♠
fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BTN calls 3 BB, fold, BB raises to 14 BB, Hero raises to 32 BB, fold, BB calls 18 BB

Flop (67.4 BB, 2 players):6♣ 6♠ 7♣

BB checks, Hero bets 32 BB, BB calls 32 BB

Turn (131.4 BB, 2 players): J♥

BB checks, Hero checks

River (131.4 BB, 2 players):Q♣

BB bets 80.36 BB and is all-in, Hero folds

Thank you to anyone giving their time to help me out
 
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Disclaimer: I am not playing 25NL.

Anyways:

Your MP 4betting range is far more value heavy than his BB 4-bet flatting range. Its pretty obvious that if you dont have a pair then you whiffed the flop but there are a lot of strong pair in your range.
I would say your range here is {JJ+, AKo/s}, maybe an occasional AQ off as a 4-bet bluff.

His 4-bet calling range is suited connectors, and middling pocket pairs I would say.
That means this flop hits his range WAY harder than yours. Im not 100% sure if my ranges are correct but I will try to put them in the equilab and lets see:

Here is the range comparison:
Ranges

And here is your exact hand comparison:
AK


(Im not sure if his range contains suited aces or not. I would say it shouldnt but he is pretty aggressive)

I wouldnt personally C-bet AK here because the flop is just disastrous for you. It hits his range a lot, if he did not pair up, he might have picked up a straight, flush, or even combo draw, or at least some backdoors, so he is not letting his hand go if you c-bet.
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EDIT: I wouldnt C-bet this for sure because you have no backdoors. If you had at least one club I would be more prone to C-betting but without a spade its not a good idea on this flop.
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The turn goes check check which I would say suggests he is on a draw of some kind because I think he is betting his trips and boats here. Just to extract value from your paired hands. The turn and the river DO hit your range somehow but you are only willing to call the river jam with QQ and JJ.

Q on the river completes the flush draw even though I think he should not jam it straight away beacuse he is only getting called by boats on that river, since I think FDs C-bet the turn aswell.

Also, I think your preflop 3-bet should be bigger. You can make it 3 - 3,5x comforatbly I would say.

It would be best if somebody more experienced commented on my review and your hand.

GL
 
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For me It's a flop shove or check depending on your read on the opponent. He's clearly quite loose but he is oop here, in my experience the calling range is 99-QQ AKos AQs with an occasional Broadway suited connector.
There is already more bb in the pot than you have left. If you think he's only calling with JJ and QQ then it's a math shove. If he's folding half his 4bet calling range it's clearly +EV to shove.
Put yourself in his shoes if you faced a pot sized shove what are you going to call with?
 
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4-bet smaller. Check the flop. The only reason you should be betting this flop, is if you're planning on shoving the turn. Which I wouldn't w/o any backdoor outs of any kind on this flop. And additionally, because of the bet sizing you used preflop, it's just not going to setup high fold equity. So really you have a fold or shove situation on the flop.
 
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