[5NL FR] AKs 3bet pot on BTN

Villian is 39/32/3 (64%)
Only over 28 hands, so not many reads at all.

poker stars, $0.02/$0.05 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 8 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker

MP1: $6.07 (121.4 bb)
MP2: $2.30 (46 bb)
MP3: $5.61 (112.2 bb)
CO: $7.24 (144.8 bb)
Hero (BTN): $5.19 (103.8 bb)
SB: $6.88 (137.6 bb)
BB: $10.71 (214.2 bb)
UTG+1: $4.34 (86.8 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is BTN with A K
3 folds, MP3 raises to $0.12, CO folds, Hero raises to $0.70, 2 folds, MP3 calls $0.58

Flop: ($1.47) 8 9 4 (2 players)
MP3 checks, Hero...

Just check behind or bet?
Reasoning and plan for the hand?

def check behind...you can't fold out anything you beat so just take the free card. Rest of hand depends on villian's bluffing frequencies. on a blank turn i'll call a bet vs some villains, fold vs others. You still have pretty decent SD equity vs a loose guy like this on this board.

I don't think C-betting here really would be a mistake as you are representing an overpair which will fold about some bad one pair hands you are loosing too.

That being said checking behind is preferable and might gain you an extra bet if an A or K comes on the turn and the villian bluffs at it.

.....Nobody calls a 3B with a hand like 55 to fold on a flop like this.

Yeah i'd check behind here, cbets don't really get a whole lot of respect at this level i've noticed, makes AK a bloody hard hand to play, i'd be trying to get to the river as cheaply as possible here i think.

One question tho, 39/32/3, i'm guessing this is a quicker way of saying VP and PFR but i don't know the 3rd one??

agression factor. (bets + raises)/calls

By the way i'm making 1 or 2 frankly stupid mistakes at this level so i wouldnt take my advice to strongly, maybe by the end of the month my credentials will be better tho, the cash road has only just begun for me hehe

feitr said:

.....Nobody calls a 3B with a hand like 55 to fold on a flop like this.

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^^ I disagree...Set mining in a 3bet pot may be a mistake but it is a very common mistake in 5nl.

Steveg1976 said:

^^ I disagree...Set mining in a 3bet pot may be a mistake but it is a very common mistake in 5nl.

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It's not that he might not hold a small pair, it's that he's never folding it on this flop. FWIW, I agree with checking behind. You're going to get ch/r on this board a ton and even though you have decent equity against his range you can't continue if he raises.

Ok, checking is definitely the best option.

We check...

Turn is the 9 of spades, giving us a flush draw...

If he checks to us again do we bet or take the free card?

If he bets around pot what is my plan here?

Likminutz said:

Ok, checking is definitely the best option.

We check...

Turn is the 9 of spades, giving us a flush draw...

If he checks to us again do we bet or take the free card?

If he bets around pot what is my plan here?

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Ya, checking is by far the best line on the flop, totally standard.

If he checks, I'd bet my draw, but checking behind can't be a big mistake either. Betting protects our hand's equity on the turn against hands like QJ, and sometimes this player will fold a small pair. However, we're still getting called a lot. Checking can allow weaker hands to catch up, and given the looseness of this opponent I think he's got a lot of those weaker hands in his range. If you're comfortable calling a river bet with ace high, then checking might even be the best option if you think he'll bluff whiffed overs fairly often. I think this decision is pretty close, so you can't be far wrong either way, but I'd lean towards betting a spade turn if checked to cuz I'm a betting monkey.

If he bets the turn, I think jamming/raising is way the best option, since that will have a lot more fold equity, and will look more like you slow played something huge. Small pairs are certainly going to have to fold if they bet the turn & you raise.