Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 570
To those who don't understand why raising the flop is bad, you have to consider how you maximize against villains entire range and not just the top of it. Not only is villain 3betting and cbetting KK+, but he's also probably playing AK this way, and given his 3bet%, he probably has AQ, maybe KQ, and a bunch of weaker hands in his range, like bluffs or midpairs that can't continue to a raise but could bet or call (with midpairs) on later streets. So, you make so much more by flatting the flop against these hands.
Further, you don't lose much against overpairs by raising the flop. On most board run-outs, you'll stack overpairs anyway, and you'll have a much easier time stacking hands like KJ or even J9 (he can be 3betbluffing with hands like this).
The only advantage of raising the flop is to prevent an A or K from slowing down villain when he has KK or QQ, but this scenario is very rare considering how wide villain's range is and the low probability that an A or K will drop. But this is low-level thinking--an A or K turn or river is actually great for us, since villain will likely continue to bluff his air and can now valuebet top pair with his KQ, AQ, AK hands.