[Lmn55d]

There are only 6 combos of AK and 1-2 combos of AQs depending on what suits hero's AA are and what suit the Q on the flop is. There are 3 combos of QQ, 3 of KK, and 1 of AA. Hero will usually lose two bets if behind and gain one if ahead, plus villain might be bet/folding with JJ or something weird. I would think it is worth raising to cut down the odds the other guy is getting though. Raising would give him 15:2 or 7.5:1 which would make it incorrect to call with a gutshot and might get him to fold a 5 outer (probably incorrectly). Is the thinking just that he will usually have less than 4 outs on average? If he will call 2 cold with a lot of hands it's probably worth it to raise since you're now getting 2:1 on your money. Paluka is way better than I so maybe he can clear up my thinking?