Villain was fairly loose aggressive thus far. He was 3-betting a lot of my raises when I was massive chipleader on the bubble.

In this particular hand, I decided to flat because villain called a lot of my 3-bets in position then played ultra-aggressive OTF. Would a 3-bet/fold been better?

General opinions about my line?

that play looks a little spewy. 3b/f seems perfect

I think playing A6o oop or even 3bet/fold is very spewy.Why you dont want to fold and preserve a nice stack?

This deep, I'd just fold pre. The last thing I'd do is flat.

Folding pre seems like a wise choice to me for the reasons that the others have stated. Continue with a nice stack and equity in this SNG, look to return the favor to your opponents by making steal raises when you have the button.

Well the general consensus is to fold pre. Thanks for the input everybody.

As played though, how should I play the flop?

as played, check/ call his small flop cbet and check/fold unimproved

You don't have to fold pre, although you could.

As played, what makes this hand awkward on the flop is your stack depth in relation to the pot. Calling the flop is the best way to counteract this awkwardness.

Pre totally depends on the guy and how you both playpostflop. If you're just gonna call and c/f every non ace flop you're just handin him money

good advice.

anyone can flat, it's what you do after that counts.

A6 is just one of those hands though where you won't often win a big pot but can often lose one. I'd rather just fold it and call hands that have less of that possibility about them.