25 NL - AK

[teamdonkey]

The first hand i've posted, be kind... no reads to speak of

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (8 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

MP2 ($24.5)
CO ($24.75)
Button ($28.15)
SB ($25.6)
BB ($18.07)
Hero ($24)
UTG+1 ($19.84)
MP1 ($43.93)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A/images/graemlins/club.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif. SB posts a blind of $0.1.
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $0.75</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to $1.25</font>, MP1 calls $1.25, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Button calls $1.25, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero calls $0.50.

Flop: ($5.35) Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 bets $5</font>, MP1 folds, Button folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $16</font>, Hero calls $2.59.

Turn: ($28.94) 3/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

River: ($28.94) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: $28.94

[Borno]

raise to $1 pf. On the flop I lead out. If he raises I call. Cehck-raising isn't really a great move 4 handed with a semi-coordinated bored . You could be giving a low pp a free card, but more likely the the gut-shot straight a free card.. or even letting a one pair with another card see a 2 pairing card.

I call most raises on the flop if I lead out here.. except an all-in I suppose.. unless it $5 or something silly like that.

You might be against AQ.. but otherwise your way ahead - why give freebies?

Now you've gone all in on the flop with TPTK... yikes!!!

[teamdonkey]

i have a good idea preflop what UTG+1 has (AK, AA, KK), my problem is with MP1 and the button... either could have AQ or even QQ. I figured betting into this flop would just get a call from either of those hands and i'd be in the same spot again on the turn. I thought checking and seeing what information they would give me was a good option. I'm really not liking this board with 2 people cold calling the preflop raise.

when villain bets the pot (not what you'd expect from AA or QQ here) and the other two fold, i really felt he has AK. if that's the case a good check raise should push him off of it. probably not the best play, but this was the reasoning at the time...

thoughts?

[DWarrior]

25NL tables? please. He probably got ATo.