AA in the sb, rethinking my river line

[W. Deranged]

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1. Pre-flop I'm okay with. Three-betting announces a huge hand and in a three-way pot you are going to be able to get your opponents to make such huge mistakes that this is okay. The only time I think not three-betting would be very bad is if either the BB were very loose and would often call two cold, the BB was very tight and would almost never call one, or the open-raiser was super-aggro and would often cap.

2. Flop is great. The reason you don't three-bet pre-flop is to generate flop action. Given relative position to the pre-flop raiser, bet-three-betting is much better than check-raising. Many ss opponents are way too loose with there raising standards on the flop in short-handed pots, particularly after being the pre-flop raiser.

3. I don't like a turn check-raise. You've announced too much strength at this point not to bet. A check-raise also will often only get two BB in anyway if the bet comes from the LMP guy, so you gain nothing over a bet-call-call situation.

4. I like bet-calling the river. If it checks through I'm going to hate myself. If I check-raise and get three-bet I'm going to hate myself. I really don't want either 0 or 3 bets going in on the river, and so I bet to assure 1 to 2 goes in.

I think you should call the three-bet. T6 is a possibility, as is a weirdly played overpair or a junk hand or something. You're not winning often, though.