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Originally Posted by Spanishmoon
Maybe Richard can explain why he checked instead of donking.
Because checking is of course superstandard. What do you mean, why should someone explain he wasn't donking?
Anyway, OTTH...
I don't mind calling pre sometimes, but I don't think this should be standard. if you think his 3bet range in this spot is wider than AA/KK and will include at least QQ(/JJ) and AK, then it would be awesome if he folds all those hands if you shove AK here. If people think your 4bets are always AA/KK face-up, then you don't exploit this by flatcalling AA/KK out of position... No, you widen your 4bet range and maniacally laugh in their faces when they openfold AK, because you gots to have aces! Well, maybe not that last part...
Obviously you can't start shoving AK and still flat AA/KK, so just shove those too as a rule. I say shove, because any other sizing would make no sense to me here. You opened far too big imo, his 3bet isn't even that big, but it's still big enough to at least make it seem we're committed with all of our 4bets anyway, even if we make it 2.5x (which I'm not a fan of out of position), so just shove for 100-125bb. If we 4bet wider than just AA/KK here, shoving makes more sense anyway, because I really don't want to play a flop with like an 0.7 SPR with AK against some random live player who decided to call 110 and see a flop, because hey why not.
Mind you, in my own experience 3bet ranges actually tighten way the hell up if someone (especially someone who's very tight) raises 7.5x from UTG, so in this case I would not be so sure he's actually 3betting AK and JJ and the likes, let alone spazzing.
So, to sum it up, in this case I think flatting pre is fine, but I think you could benefit a lot by opening up your 4bet range if they're all autofolding AK and QQ/JJ.