A loose passive fish (80BB's) open limps. A TAG player (100BB's) raises the CO to $25. Hero has A
K
in SB. The TAG player isn't tricky at all. He plays very straight up. Probably is never calling my 3-bet IP (maybe with QQ/JJ), but may even fold JJ preflop! He's almost always 4-bet/folding vs me. There is another TAG in the BB similar to the CO one. I normally 3-bet in this spot (I play a lot online), but flatting seems surprisingly good. What do yal think?
Benefits of raising:
-Collect the $35ish in pot without a flop a lot. The TAG will fold a lot here.
-Don't have to play OOP vs both players post flop
-TAG in BB could potential enter the pot, then playing 4-way pot OOP vs everybody
Benefits of flatting:
-Keep the fish in the pot. Can get a ton of value flopping a pair of A's/pair of K's or better if the fish flops something
-Can certainly get value from the regular 1 or 2 streets. He has (AT+, KT+) in his range. I think this particular regular folds all of those hands except AK to a 3-bet.
Let me know first what you think the best play is preflop! ...
If you think flatting AK in this spot is better, then what about AA/KK/QQ/JJ/TT. What do you do with those hands?