AK - the dreaded monotone undercard flop

[topspin]

Anyone want to see the turn here? How about leading out instead of checking like I did?

Paradise Poker 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/club.gif. UTG posts a blind of $0.25.
UTG (poster) checks, UTG+1 calls, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 calls, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, MP3 calls, CO calls, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, MP3 folds, CO calls.

Flop: (12 SB) 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
Hero checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, MP1 checks, <font color="CC3333">CO bets</font>, Hero ...

[Jimbobobb]

Fold - no idea what outs are good, no draws, a million cards you don't want to see......I see no point in continuing with this hand.

[Ptolemy]

I hate these situations. There are so many things he can have. Is there any read that says he'll make a steal here? probably not, but worth checking. In your current situation with the 4 clean A and K outs plus a slim runner, runner (must be worth 0.5 outs) getting 12:1 plus at least 1 or 2 more calls from the other checks I call this.

I think leading out is better here preventing COs steal attempt and seeing who has strength. Of course, if everyone calls behind you then you are stuck in an even bigger pot without any clue what people have so I'd be interested to hear others thoughts on betting this.

Did I mention how much I hate these situations. /images/graemlins/smile.gif