Well, let's see..I didn't learn a damn thing from Andy's 88 post

[skp]

I agree about the preflop play. My initial thought was that I didn't want to lose the cut-off. But that was a wasted thought. Hardly anyone folds even for two bets cold once they have voluntarily entered the pot. And this guy certainly would not have folded. Incidentally, he had Ks4c.

The other disadvantage of not raising preflop (and raising on the flop or turn) is that it would ironically make my hand seem stronger than Aces. In other words, on a flop of say T83 (or pick any such flop), my hand postflop might seem weaker to the button raiser had I 3 bet preflop i.e. he might put me on AK.

[andyfox]

"His pre-flop 3-bet . . ." is a typo: I meant his flop 3-bet.