Need winners opinion: AKo preflop, adjusting to skill levels

[pal=m]

Game is 6-12, East Coast. utg. player raises. Next to act, I have AKo and reraise. The gunner and I are winning players, probably break-even with each other. The remaining 8 opponents are loose and much worse in skill level.

Question is: Knowing this, should I have considered flat-calling here instead of making it 3?

(I flopped a King and won the hand, gunner had QQ).

[haakee]

3-bet always. Let the others call 3 cold if they want, or fold if that's too rich for them. Either way is fine. I'll take AKo with position heads up against a winning player who raises UTG any day.

[Reef]

3-bet.

[bdk3clash]

I vote "easy 3-bet."

[Your Mom]

If you can't 3 bet, then you might as well just not even look at your cards when the "gunner" raises.

[mostsmooth]

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3-bet.

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and its not even close
(thats the first time ive used that, i feel like i belong now /images/graemlins/grin.gif)