AK CBet raised on Broadway Flop

Hi Bloodboilerk

Welcome to the evaluation forums.

Preflop: looks fine but the squeeze can be larger

Postflop: As played I think that cbetting smaller on the flop would be better (given the board and hands you can get called by). Once the nit raises it's a correct fold.

Hi, thanks for the reply.

I bet 75% Pot on the flop since it was 3way. I would have bet half pot in a head up scenario, should I not increase my bet sizes when more players are involved after the flop?

That's a tricky question because the answer is both yes and no

For example, in this spot one player is pretty much all in. The other player is a nit and has a range of hands that either folds (weaker than you) or raise/call (stronger than you).

Unfortunately I do not see a lot of hands that MP1 can call or raise that we are ahead off so in those events we actually save money.

And the small bet would cover the short guy and may allow MP1 to actually call looser.

So since in this case one player is short stacked and the other plays fit or fold, there's no reason to bet a larger amount than about half pot. I know "it depends" is always the answer in poker, thanks for some insight.