Villain is 50/20/10 over 40 hands. I don't have any real postflop leads, no-one has really taken much of a stand against him. I really don't peg him for a decent player, I think he's just a bit crazy (pf anyway).

Flop play, cbet or check? If he bets are we giving him enough credit for an ace?

EDIT: I'm well aware the 3bet should be bigger pf. Standard would be up to $19, don't know why I did this one.

$0.50/$1 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at weaktight | fold when you know you're beat (BETA)

Stacks:
UTG ($26.45)
CO ($92.50)
BTN ($57.20)
Hero ($108.10)
BB ($103.85)

Pre-flop: ($1.5, 5 players) Hero is SB
2 folds, BTN bets $5, Hero bets $17, 1 fold, BTN calls $12.50.

Flop: ($36, 2 players)
Hero ???

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I follow up with about 1/2 pot and a good player folds QQ, KK a weak A and those suited connectors he likes to play.

Edit: I see the read... comment stands.

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I really think a 1/2 pot sized bet achieves the same as a 2/3 pot sized bet in this spot, so I'd bet probably c-bet this flop too, and be done with the hand.

i go 2/3, he can call here with mid pairs + scs pf.

We're all aware of his stack size right? 100bb this is a standard cbet, but he has like $40 here on the flop.

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I think I'd check the flop, and probably fold to a shove. We've invested 17BB's, but will end up making that 57BB's with any action just to find out whether our 2nd pair is good. If you have any notion he is a bad player though, I'd CRAI, as his AF will mean he could bet that flop with a lot of hands, and being a bad player might have called with a lot more hands that you are still ahead of. ie he shouldn't be calling a 3 bet for 20% of his stack with 66 here.

Against an aggressive SS I'd also CRAI with AK here.

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take back what i said, i dont have a fucking clue. c/c all in?

Checking is definitely the best play to start with, he is never folding better if you lead out and only rarely calling with a better hand. It gets tricky if/when he bets though. I'd make some sort of a soul read based on bet sizing, timing, and any specific reads on his postflop play from our 40 hands together. FWIW if you check and he shoves I think calling probably isn't bad.

$17 pre flop is usually fine but given his stack size I wouldn't mind something like $21 just to make a flop shove easier.

As it is, I don't think there's any shame in check/folding here without reads.

He's way way too likely to have Ax if he's that loose, and with his stack he's getting it all in after a c-bet.

C/F and cry when he shows you 99.

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