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Originally Posted by acepokerblog
There more I think about it, I think pot is much better than $50 or check because I could get KK (or the rare QQ) to fold.
Also, from a GTO perspective, I have to pot to protect my AA because I would play AA and my AKK and AQQ the same way. I won't play all of my AKK and AQQ but I will play a lot of them. To stay balanced with my AA, I need to pot on the flop with all my AKK and AQQ that I raise pre.
Solvers greatly prefer large sizing in multiway pots on dynamic textures. It's hard to construct reasonable ranges for small bets from most positions and bettor can lose lots of value when he runs into good draws or dominated hands that are happy to play pot control.
Hero hand from OP also has horrible visibility on turns, so instead of having a mostly positive + ev decision on flop, Hero now faces lots of challenging decisions on turn when called he will frequently get wrong
Even this post doesn't cover all the reasons that pot is much better than $50