Missed the Flop with A♠K♦, what do you do here?
DECISION POINT: In a Cash Game it folds to you in Middle Position and you raise with A♠K♦. The Cutoff and the Blinds call. The Flop is Q♣J♥7♣. The Blinds check, you check, and the Cutoff bets. The Blinds fold. Action is on you, what do you do here?
PRO ANSWER: In a heads-up pot, we would never check-fold AK on this board. We would generally c-bet it out of position, or if we check, we would check-call at a minimum. Our hand has a lot of equity against our opponent's range heads-up.
However, given that this flop was seen 4-ways, the Button's betting range should be much more constricted than in a heads-up scenario. Against a range that includes top pair, club draws, straight draws, two pair and sets, we should check-fold AK no club.
Continued below...
If we had held the Ace of clubs or King of clubs, we would be justified in continuing here. But with no club in our hand and facing a range that should have very few low equity stabs in it, continuing would not be profitable in the long run.
Folding is the best play.
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