A-Ko 100NL

Acemanhattan, as far as i know, is still a 400NL regular. at this table he was playing very loose, 40/40 or something like that. I c/r'ed a flop against him fairly recently, and he folded. I have been playing pretty tight at this table. Don't know if he has any notes on me, and even if he did it's been at least 4 months since we played together before tonight.

Is my line good for J-J+? His range after the flop c/r contains a lot of small pairs and flush draws, and that's why i decided to make a move here. I thought this line was better than a small 3bet on the flop, but if you disagree please elaborate. As played if you were going to raise the turn what size would you use?

Seat 1: Acemanhattan ($128.05 in chips)
Seat 2: japatom ($61.95 in chips)
Seat 3: bballjm ($432.15 in chips)
Seat 4: VI-Popsmak ($105.20 in chips)
Seat 5: beahforreal ($15.25 in chips)
Seat 6: JMAN989 ($38.05 in chips)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to VI-Popsmak [As Kd]
japatom: folds
bballjm: folds
VI-Popsmak: raises $2 to $3
beahforreal: folds
JMAN989: folds
Acemanhattan: calls $2
*** FLOP *** [2s 5s 2h]
Acemanhattan: checks
VI-Popsmak: bets $6
Acemanhattan: raises $11 to $17
VI-Popsmak: calls $11
*** TURN *** [2s 5s 2h] [Tc]
Acemanhattan: bets $17
VI-Popsmak: raises to ?

Acemanhattan is not a 400nl reg as far as I know. When I have played with him I found him to be pretty spewy preflop but not post. I think he has a pair here that he's not folding.

If you're trying to make him fold I'd rather 3 bet the flop than this line cause you don't rep shit right now other than exactly what you have, a weak hand.

I wouldn't make a move here on such a dry board cause he's not going to give you any credit.

Acemanhatten usually does 100 and 200NL but has been dabbling in 400nl lately. I believe he hasn't been doing much 100nl lately though.

aggresive players hate folding mid pairs on these types of boards, so it's a marginal play with just AK IMO. He's probably ahead. Don't let him get away with this too much... I mean he did fold to a C/R of yours earlier, so he's probably willing to take a stand. You can't win every pot, unfortunately.

you must fold this,

Don't tend to bet this flop against him unless you have a piece of it or a pair in the hole.

i def dont mind betting this flop at all w/ backdoor NFD and 2 definitely live overs. problem is when he raises u if u call it sets up basically a reverse implied odds situation ... hes gonna bet everything except a Q or higher on the turn, and he will slow down the times u do make a pair.

so other options are b/3b the flop or fold ... between these, when u b/3b hes probably not folding any pair in the hole and your equity isnt particularly great. its not a bad time to do it so u can balance your range for the times u have big pairs though in this situation.

also the fact that hes playing 40/40 makes me think that he probably thinks u know hes playing too many hands and just flat out wont be able to fold anything cuz his perceived range is just far too wide. against a tighter thinking player i def like to balance my range and b/3b/fold the flop a bit more, but i just dont see this guy folding anything, i guess for that reason i fold in this particular hand.