Raising the flop puts more money into the pot against a range you’re beating. Pretty self-explanatory IMO.

I would fold to a river 3-bet, as this is the bottom of my value raising range.

Of course V could have JT, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t raise. You still haven’t answered my question: if you would be willing to bet X when Villain checks, then why does his putting 200 into the pot suddenly make you unwilling to bet X? Do you recognize how beneficial it is for him to bet 200 instead of checking when he has AJ or whatever, if you are going to respond this way?

folding_aces_pre_yo said
because when v bet river i was worried that maybe he’s got me beat. what your saying is for v to bet 200 is the same thing as checking. I agree that their range is weak otr.

He might have you beat when he checks, too. You can’t just check every time you might be beat.

I have no idea what his bet of 200 means. I don’t know what a check means. You say you have no reads, so probably neither do you. Poker isn’t about figuring out exactly what your opponent has (though of course it’s nice when you can). You have to learn to find the best play when you don’t know what your opponent has or where you stand or what he will do next. This involves thinking about your opponent’s incentives and how you can minimize your losses (which is the same as maximizing your wins) against all of his possible strategies. What I want you to see here is that if you don’t raise AK here, you are getting outplayed by a Villain who is min-betting hands like AJ/AQ.