Quote Originally Posted by Clar17y
This makes sense but then it just means that we should mix up our game sometimes.
Yeah, that's what I'm advocating. I think ppl have got into this thread that there is one right way of dealing with this flop OOP, but I think really you should mix it up here alot. If we c/c re-evaluate we are going to be easy to exploit if we cbet AK and don't cbet air/lower pairs.Mix it up vs competent opponents, keep it simple vs fish.


Quote Originally Posted by Clar17y
So instead of always leading out with AK/AQ when we hit our ace, check/call flop to disguise our hand. Then when we lead out on turn and river villain is more likely to think we weren't strong on the flop and call us down with a weaker ace etc.

This then also makes our QQ on the same board work more often (if they are paying attention), because if they've seen us showdown AK with the same line then they won't auto assume underpair.
Yeah this is one of the two options that you can employ, but I prefer the more aggro approach. c/c AK on A high flop is a bit too passive for me. I prefer to be cbetting alot, enough that I can get three streets of value w/AK. So I'd be cbetting air/lowerpairs/AK etc on this flop a large amount. I'm talking about cbetting enough that 77 etc calls us for at least one street.

Quote Originally Posted by Clar17y
... lead out on this flop or check/raise it..
c/r-ing this flop is terrible, we just pwn ourselves by getting all the worse hands to fold.