ViresIntus
Rising Star
Silver Level
A check bet is fine, anything higher and they are trying to milk you. Instead of Check betting as well, try betting the pot or even 25% more of the pot to try and make them believe you have the QJ. AK is fine and all, but unless it hits on the turn and river, your beat. SO Either fold or semi bluff.
Karozi615
Visionary
Silver Level
A QJx rainbow flop is a really good flop for AK in position. You have the initiative of raising preflop, the face cards hit your percieved "range" and your hand has AAAKKKTTTT (10 outs) twice against hands like 88,99,TT or Jx that are going to fold to your barrels.
Even if we don't improve we win here a lot.
If we bet as a semi-bluff we can get worse hands to peel (KT,9T, 8T, 89) and we can get hands with absolutely no plan (small/medium pairs +Jx) to float and then fold to our turn bets.
When we are up against squarely a queen, our hand still has reasonable equity.
In the absolute worst case scenario (up against a set) because of a dry board texture we can execute pot control, and if we make the nuts (ten ball) we can play for stacks - great implied odds.
The only problem with this flop is when your up against AQ,KQ, QJ, KJ type hands that have you reserve dominated. That is a serious problem, but it can largely be countered by the fact that we have position.
Also, how to continue is almost entirely dependent on your stack sizes. If your 100+ big blinds deep continuing would be mandatory, checking back would be a serious leak that I would anticipate from a bad weak/passive player.
you will learn how to better interpret board textures with practice.
Even if we don't improve we win here a lot.
If we bet as a semi-bluff we can get worse hands to peel (KT,9T, 8T, 89) and we can get hands with absolutely no plan (small/medium pairs +Jx) to float and then fold to our turn bets.
When we are up against squarely a queen, our hand still has reasonable equity.
In the absolute worst case scenario (up against a set) because of a dry board texture we can execute pot control, and if we make the nuts (ten ball) we can play for stacks - great implied odds.
The only problem with this flop is when your up against AQ,KQ, QJ, KJ type hands that have you reserve dominated. That is a serious problem, but it can largely be countered by the fact that we have position.
Also, how to continue is almost entirely dependent on your stack sizes. If your 100+ big blinds deep continuing would be mandatory, checking back would be a serious leak that I would anticipate from a bad weak/passive player.
you will learn how to better interpret board textures with practice.
ghOst
Rock Star
Silver Level
I would c bet here only if you reraised preflop. I would put at least half the pot. check/call. then pray for that 10 lol
MoeJurphy
Legend
Silver Level
In position against a check I would c-bet, out of position I would check/fold as if you miss there is no more information to gain out of position. At least if you bet and get called in position if it turns a dead card and he misses and checks to you, you can fire again making villain fold. But thats just me 
PershingSt
Visionary
Silver Level
I would not cbet here multiway , HU I think the continuation bet is fine but not a fan of it with more than 1 caller pre . Board is gonna hit their pre flop calling range a lot too and with multiple people in the pot qjx is likely to have hit at least 1 opponent .
xOneCoolHandx
Legend
Bronze Level
There are many factors to consider, if it's early in the game and you don't really have a read on the other players nor do they have a read on you then I would probably c bet most of the time. If your getting re-raised then you have equity to call or to go over the top, Karozi615 is right that you have plenty of outs and moves like this early in a tournament set up your table image as tough and aggressive, that will pay off later because people are going to call you more often than trying to raise you because they are afraid of you, furthermore, if they are re-raising you then they are probably really strong so it gives you a better read on what they are holding.
Checking in this position is an option, but it signals weakness, however, I find that the c bet is not as effective as it once was. People are suspicious of every flop bet and it normally take a c bet and a turn bet to get someone off of a hand. So, checking will often get you a free card because although people are wary of c bets, they are also scared of check raises because it is such a common play so normally only a narrow range is going to bet into you and they are not going to bet too strong because they are afraid of the check raise. If they do check you can comfortably bet the turn on almost all cards and induce a fold.
I mix up my strategies a lot and try not the play the same way against the same opponents too often unless I am exploiting one of their tendencies and that's what I would recommend.
Checking in this position is an option, but it signals weakness, however, I find that the c bet is not as effective as it once was. People are suspicious of every flop bet and it normally take a c bet and a turn bet to get someone off of a hand. So, checking will often get you a free card because although people are wary of c bets, they are also scared of check raises because it is such a common play so normally only a narrow range is going to bet into you and they are not going to bet too strong because they are afraid of the check raise. If they do check you can comfortably bet the turn on almost all cards and induce a fold.
I mix up my strategies a lot and try not the play the same way against the same opponents too often unless I am exploiting one of their tendencies and that's what I would recommend.
