another tough AKs hand - comments and thoughts welcome

[DJ Sensei]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

BB ($58)
UTG ($27.1)
UTG+1 ($45.8)
MP1 ($49.5)
MP2 ($59.3)
MP3 ($48.55)
CO ($75.6)
Button ($27)
Hero ($84.55)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif. Hero posts a blind of $0.25.
<font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to $2</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero (poster) raises to $4.75</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, CO calls $3.

Flop: ($10.50) A/images/graemlins/club.gif, J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, J/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $5</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to $10</font>, Hero calls $5.

Turn: ($30.50) 2/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $10</font>, CO calls $10.

River: ($50.50) 5/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $10</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to $30</font>, Hero ?

[EverettKings]

That's an odd line to take.

Your preflop raise isn't folding out the CO no matter what he has. Either flat call preflop, or pop it to $6-$7 to see if he's for real.

Given how you saw the flop, this is one of those way ahead/way behind scenarios. I'd probably just check/call all the way, let him bet a second best hand that he would fold to a bet (like QQ, TT, AQ, etc), while minimizing your payoff of a hand that just outflopped the crap out of you (AJ, KJ, etc). You can bet out the flop like you did, but after his raise im going into check/call mode.

Given how you played it you really have to call the river bet too, he could be bluffing a scare card or overplaying a hand like AQ, and the pot is big enough by now that you have to look him up.

-Kings

[DJ Sensei]

As it turns out, I did call... he turned over KcQc for the nut flush.

I reckon the check-call would have probably cost me less, as he would have probably taken the free turn and not cost me as much on the river. I suppose I gave him too good odds on the turn, though, as he actually was still drawing for a flush / gutshot straight. Were I the villain, I would probably have played it the same way he did. Its a lesson for next time I reckon. Thanks for the thoughts.

[-Skeme-]

Try to avoid tiny reraises preflop. I'd try and always make it 3x their raise at the minimum whenever you reraise.

I'd bet around $8 on the flop. If he minraises that I'll call. I'd probably check-call somewhere in there. It's hard giving advice on later streets when the later streets play differently with a different line you're reccommending.