2/5 AA blunder?
Playing $2/$5 stacks are $1.1k on hero and like $3k on V. V is youngish white guy appears to be a knowledgeable player, discussing strategy with the other players. Said he would have folded AKs when another player open raised AKs, got 3 bet by opp1, tilted guy opp2 4 bet all, AKs guy 5 bet all in for $1k. opp1 who 3 bet QQ folded.
OTTH:
Hero in BB with AA. opp1 from the other hand makes it 20, V makes it 75 in the SB, hero makes it 200. SB calls quickly. Flop JT6 two spades. V checks hero checks. Turn is 7spades, V bets 300 hero folds. V did show what he had. Was I supposed to bet flop with a large or small sizing and call an all in/raise? He has a lot of JJ and maybe some TT I have almost none so thats why I checked to see what happened, the SPR is only about 2.25. On the turn I still beat KK and QQ which he might bet at this point (i thought he might 5bet KK too), but I don't have a spade in my hand either.
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200 is too small pre and flop is a mandatory bet
reveal: V showed red KK, he thought i had AK
Oof.
They always put us on AK.
Somewhat surprised he just flat called your 4B pre. But there again, that may have been because you took a smaller 4B size. If you went bigger, it puts him in a jam or fold situation.
Hard for him not to think KK is the best hand when the flop checks through. I'd have bet my hand too, in his spot.
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Have to bet flop. If he check/shoves on you, you have a decision to make. Would AXs take a c/rai line in a 4bet flop? AKs might, but AQs would probably call, AJs still in his range, ATs as well perhaps blind v blind. But you can't give a free card and relinquish the aggression, because a thinking player can sense it and may think it's worth taking a stab at it. He's deep, so can easily bet/fold turn. You have a good hand. Get it in while you're likely ahead.
