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Message: [QUOTE="300HPGOD, post: 6819712, member: 305911"] To start, with AK and 30 BBs and there is an open and a call in front of me from non nitty players I would just jam. I think raising to 10 BBs is too small to begin with and it is 1/3rd your stack so you might as well just jam at that point. At 50 BBs its closer but I really think (online anyway) your 3 bet sizing over a 3BB open and a caller should be larger than 10 BBs and be more like 12-15 BBs. At 12 BBs that is almost 1/4th our stack so that is a spot where you can jam as well. Obviously if we are dealing with a nitty player and then UTG then we might be a little more worried about jamming into it but we have a blocker to the 2 hands we are concerned about. As far as post flop play is concerned, c bet calling %s come into play huge here which is why I recommend it be a stat you have on your HUD. If you dont have a HUD , or live, or readless, or some combination of those then for the first flop which is low and rainbow so I would c bet AK here and make it small. I know there is an argument that over pairs like 7s and 8s arent going anywhere which is true but I am betting here for equity denial, and even though it is frowned upon, also to see if my opponents want to play a big hand here or they are just going to fold. Obviously not mentioned is what is their stack sizes as this plays so different if we have them covered or not. The smaller their stack then the less they are folding and the more I lean to checking back. If they called then I would see what the turn is and go from there. If its UTG that calls then I think they more likely have 77-99 type hands that maybe a J or Q on turn could make them fold to a double plus us having 1010+ in our range they could fold. If it is CO calling on flop then I think they could have more of the broadway hands than UTG would so they might not fold as easy to a Q or J but a lower card they might fold to. They have pocket pairs too that, again depending on their stack size to start the hand, will not want to go 3 streets. 2nd flop is more problematic for us cause the Q probably hits one of their ranges fairly well plus the 8 and 7 can hit their pairs well. Depending on UTG stack size they probably arent opening 55 and below here so their pocket pairs hit this flop more. I think on this board I lean to check more since the board is better for our opponents range and then we take the "lets see a free turn approach". Again, as with above, this depends on c bet call% and player types. To sum it up though, I think either of these stack sizes (especially more as you are closer to 30 BBs) are better off ripping pre flop over an opener and a caller even if the opener is UTG. [/QUOTE]

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