The decision to 3bet pre is totally dependent on the opponent. If he raises open too wide or he overfolds to 3bets, or plays bad post in 3bet pots, then i 3bet always.
if it unknown, i'd 3bet as well most likely.
it's a premium hand and you don't want to only 3bet aces.
having said that, oop with just one raise it's not that big of a mistake to not 3bet.
assuming you would have done that, you obviously cbet the flop and he probably raises and obviously you stack off.
moving on to the actual hand, if he cbets less than 35% i don't raise.
anyone else i raise on the flop.
as played, if you call flop, I think you have to call turn. his down sizing looks disgustingly srong, i actually thought he had aces at that point, but he gives us a great price. against unknown i would call but a regular you should have reads on. against a nit i'm happy to fold.
on the river, well. it looks like we improve, but the only hand we beat now that we didnt on the turn is A7. so dependent on his frequencies and general demeanour it's well possible to find a fold here, despite calling turn. There are some nit regs at stars plo50 who only 3 barrel if they have the nuts or very close to it.
i can think of some players i would even fold A2 here.
Unless villain's PFR % is <2%, mandatory 3b pre. This is a top 1% hand FFS. Assuming V flat calls pre, bet on flop, I'd choose a half pot sizing. Continue on turn, betting a similar sizing.
X/call river.
As played, though, raise pot on flop. Call river.
The decision to 3bet pre is totally dependent on the opponent. If he raises open too wide or he overfolds to 3bets, or plays bad post in 3bet pots, then i 3bet always.
Is this a joke? This hand is always a 3bet unless he turns his hand over for you and shows AA.
My thoughts: one of the reason I didn't 3 bet was oop and being deep...I was trying to keep the pot preflop small even with that premium hand...There is also a lot of flops, I will miss and going for a c/f...
If I would have 3 bet and get 4 bet by the villian, I guess I would call and try to get it in on this kind of flop as soon as possible with the PSR here...
In position I guess I would everytime going to 3 bet here.
As played, meh. Your line looks really weak/passive overall, but that's more of an instinctive feel, there isn't a specific spot you can point to and say "this is bad" (except maybe pre, which is marginally bad at worst).
I think we can find a river fold vs a lot of opposition. Its really not a spot where people value-bet AQ or try to bluff you off a random ace when AK is such a large part of your range.
I can see the argument for CRing flop based on pure hand strength, but its a little hazy as to what we're actually doing there. Bluffing out A2? Getting value from AQ? Hoping our opponent re-pops so we can get it in? Not saying CRing is bad, just seems like everything is a bit awkward with this hand no matter how you play it.
