C bet AK?
1/3 NL. Effective stack 300.
Two Mp players limp and it's folded to me in the BB. I raise AdKs to 20 and they both call. I should have a tight image.
(60 in pot). 6c8s2d...C bet?
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pre too small
and no
What is your normal open size pre? You could go a little larger. Depends wmon what your normal open size is and how much limp calling they are doing.
I wouldn't cbet this flop into 2 players. Check fold vs large sizing, possibly check call or check raise vs smaller sizing. Let them reveal their hand strength.
Preflop could be a bit larger, but whatever.
Although the flop missed you, it barely glances a typical limp-call range. Since you might still be ahead, I'd bet $15 or $20 to try to knock out whiffed cards that still have equity,
FWIW, if you are just getting your feet wet in NL, I would *strongly* suggest BIing much shorter. I purposely BI / keep topped up to $200 in my 1/3 NL game because it simplifies decisions greatly. The deeper you play (not that 100bbs is deep, just sayin'), the more you really have to understand what you are doing.
I would probably go $30 preflop (10% of stacks which just makes for that much more comfortable a postflop commitment spot with TP, and honestly taking it down preflop OOP as a ~noob is a decent result).
I would not cbet this board (which is not supposed to have hit us and is much more likely to have hit them) OOP to two opponents. I check/fold.
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The first thing I would do is look at the 6c8s2d flop and say to myself "one cbets not taking it down, this is a multi-barrel flop" so if betting, I would bet small (15 or 20) expecting someone to call and planning to bet again ott. If they both call, I'm usually done. If one player calls a small bet (narrowing themself down to a med strength hand) then when I bet 70 or 80 into 100 ott, they're probably gonna say "maybe it's not AK/AQ, but my 77's are no good he probably has an over pair, I fold".
Not that I would always cbet though, since I base it mostly on the stickiness and tendencies of the players.
I c-bet this flop for the reasons stated. It shouldn't really hit them and they shouldn't have much to continue with. I go $25-$30, though.