AK hand with short stacks and loose players.

[ericlambi]

$300NL Live, full ring. $2/5 blinds. 6 of the 10 players at this table are beyond horrible, the other 3 (that aren't me) are just horrible. On to the hand . . .

Loose pre-flop raiser bumps to $25 from UTG+1. Two players call. Hero has A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]K [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] in the CO. Hero re-raises to $75. UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 folds. Flop:

Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]9 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]3 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

UTG+1 checks, MP1 checks.

Hero??

These players would check-raise 100% of the time they have a good hand. If they both missed, a solid continuation bet will probably fold them. However, any sizeable continuation bet probably pot commits you even with just two overs. If you bet $100, you have $125 left and if you are raised will be getting 4-1 with your two overs with two cards to come, which I think is a call. Maybe not. Thoughts?

What about just going all-in pre-flop? This might be a good spot? Raise to $100 to give a better chance of taking it down right there? But that leaves you just one pot-sized bet and it'd be hard to find a fold after that.