Another tricky spot in 1/2NL live

The table was ultra loose and a few donks loved to stab at the pot. My image was tight and straightforward.
Hero($250) on UTG raised $12 with :Ad: :Kc:, CO($1100) monster stack called, BT ($450) called, small blind($520) called. CO was straightforward and always slow played big pairs (QQ-AA) preflop, BT was a gambler and small blind was a habitual bluffer, loose and continued beting a lot with some sort of shit or TPWK stuff in every street when nobody showed strength. However he was capable of folding to a big raise though.
flop($50) : :Ac: :2s: :5s: small blind donk bet $30, hero ? Raise /commit right now with big stacks behind or just flat call/induce this particular guy who more than likely bet his ace rag & shit here?

Your hand is pretty face up here either way. If you call, you have AK,AQ, or are slowplaying a set, and if you raise, you have a set or are pushing AK real hard.
I prefer a raise since a ton of 1/2 live players will stack off with worse and you dont want a cascade of callers followed by a spade/3/4/Q etc on the turn.

raise to $120 and commit yourself to the hand.

$80 to $100ish does the trick. I want to see how the other guys react and if somone really wants to tell me I'm beat still be about to get away from the hand.

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Originally Posted by Fnord

$80 to $100ish does the trick. I want to see how the other guys react and if somone really wants to tell me I'm beat still be about to get away from the hand.

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yeah, a smaller flop raise is easily the best line here. I raised to whopping $100 and everyone folded. PPl are really scared when big real money hit the table.
small blind went into tank and turned over Ace rag. CO folded his QQ.

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Originally Posted by pokerfan

PPl are really scared when big real money hit the table.

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Standard and exploitable.

[ ] tricky spot imo

12 is a big raise from UTG to get exploited because people can happily set mine u all day. and 1 player out of 9 is bound to have a pair of some sort.

i agree with fnord with the make it 100 and pray to god they dont hit a set or get silly flipping with ace rag clubs.