AA hand

[EvoLoN]

I know the check on the turn is a bad play. I was thinking either flush draw or set on the flop.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

CO ($10)
Button ($30)
SB ($24.75)
BB ($58.55)
UTG ($25.25)
UTG+1 ($25.10)
MP1 ($9.40)
Hero ($9.50)
MP3 ($18.05)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif. CO posts a blind of $0.25.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls $0.25, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $1</font>, MP3 folds, CO (poster) folds, Button folds, SB folds, BB calls $0.75, MP1 folds.

Flop: ($2.60) 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $1.25</font>, BB calls $1.25.

Turn: ($5.10) 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, Hero checks.

River: ($5.10) 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets $2.5</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $7.25</font>, BB calls $4.75.

Final Pot: $19.60

[Wayfare]

Pot the flop, pot the turn, check behind or call the river. If you thought he had a set or a flush draw, why did you raise the river?

[EvoLoN]

I went with my instincts and put him on a missed flush draw. I thought he might have been trying to buy the pot at the end.
Looking back it was terrible that i didn't just call. He had K-4 and hit a straight on the river.

[djr]

I'm no expert at NL so take this with a grain of salt. But if you figured him for a set/flush draw, why did you bet so little on the flop? Why not bet say $4-5 on the flop. If he has the flush draw he doesn't have odds to call. If he stays around you can probably put him on the set and get out.

[X-Calibre]

[ QUOTE ]
I'm no expert at NL so take this with a grain of salt. But if you figured him for a set/flush draw, why did you bet so little on the flop? Why not bet say $4-5 on the flop. If he has the flush draw he doesn't have odds to call. If he stays around you can probably put him on the set and get out.

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With AA he doesnt want to scare away lesser hands, that's my guess.

[Wayfare]

If you think that your opponent is on one of two things, either a hand that has you crushed or a bluff, there is no point in raising.

He will dump the hand that he is bluffing with and take the rest of your money when he has you beat.

[Kaz The Original]

Why not push the turn?

[djr]

yes. But given he prefaced his post that he put BB on either a flush draw or set, so there's no lesser hands to scare away.

[Sephus]

wayfare didnt notice he had such a small stack. just change his advice to pot (or near pot) the flop, push the turn. easy. OP played this one baaad, but i guess he knows that. no reason to bet less than half the pot on the flop as far as im concerned.