Facing 3 Barrel from BB vs Strong Range
With around 50% of the players left in the pool, I decided to flat call with AKo from the BB against a regular. (I know it's mostly a 3-bet in the GTO world). I made an easy check-call on the flop, and we hit our top pair on the turn. The villain then pots the turn and overbet jams the river. I don't think he'd value bet a one-pair hand with this line, but I'm unsure if AK is a good bluff catcher here. What kind of hands would be good as a bluff catcher in this spot? Having an Ace seems beneficial since we block AT, but I think I'd rather bluff catch with KT. How do you guys approach this situation, facing aggression against an EP's strong range on boards like this? Do people generally have bluffs in this node?
The villain is a strong reg in my pool.
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I think opponent can jam AK for value and you have to call off all of your kings. You have too many weak hands on this river (jt, qt, aj, aq, j9, q9, some diamond hands). I agree that ten is a better blocker than the ace because villain's bluffs are likely to have an ace, but don't think it matters here because you have to call both.
