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I'm interested in your leading into him on the flop. How often do you think he'll raise an AK-type hand here?
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Doesn't he have to lead this flop, since he may have the best hand?
I could see an opponent raising 88, two high spades, or higher PPs & sets.
As for just raising AK. It's possible, It might even be a good play.
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This is an ongoing topic of debate that I've seen across many boards, and it seems that the core of the argument is if Villain will raise with a worse hand, or if he will just charge you 2 bets when you're drawing and call when you're ahead. A good recent discussion can be found
here in MHSH.