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[QUOTE="Station_Master, post: 6700308, member: 1007778"]
This is a very interesting hand and the sort of spot we often end up in after 3betting AK. Personally I hate these spots and tend to play them badly in game.

The key here is the flop decision.  Should we auto cbet for a small size? I tend to do the same, but I think it's a bad play, because we will get called so often and then have a difficult time on the turn and river.  No pair is folding on such a dry flop and many unpaired Broadway's will float too, so you probably only fold out stuff like 76s, 87s with no flush draw.

What is your strategy with AA here or KK? I think our overpairs want to bet big to build a pot on such a dry texture, so I think we want to 'polarise' on the flop, betting 60% or so with strong overpairs and Jx plus some decent bluffs (flush draws, QTdd etc).  Within our checking range we include some weaker Jx e.g. JT, plus some slow played AA and JJ.  
AK is a good hand to check, you can easily call a small flop bet by villain and potentially then bluff river if turn checks through.  It will be ahead of lots of villains range and the problem with betting it is no worse hands fold.

As played I think you have to check turn and then probably fold, the call is ok as you do beat bluffs but the problem is bluffs might barrel anyway and you only have 4 clean outs (which might not even be clean if villain has AJ, KJ, 66 etc). If the villain will just stab and give up then the call becomes ok, but otherwise fold is the better play.
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