Playing TPTK

[MarzH05]

I am really having trouble playing TPTK. Yes, there are the times where the person has TPWK, but those are rare. I think I defend TPTK too much, and inflate the pot too much. In this hand, I played it a little scared because I am sick of losing large pots with just 1 pair.

Party 50NL 6 max

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.5 BB (6 max, 6 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

SB ($94.8)
BB ($19.98)
UTG ($98.77)
MP ($61.01)
Hero ($53.45)
Button ($48.3)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP calls $0.50, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2.5</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP calls $2.

Flop: ($5.75) 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $4</font>, MP calls $4.

Turn: ($13.75) 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $7</font>, MP calls $7.

River: ($27.75) 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP bets $20</font>, Hero ??????

Final Pot: $47.75

*More often than not, I get these same exact results when betting pot size on flop and turn.

[xcrack999]

I'm guessing villain took the pot with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gifX/images/graemlins/diamond.gif? If you don't like playing big pots with TPTK, consider checking behind on the turn and calling a reasonable bet on the river. But in this hand, I also don't mind betting on the turn to charge that diamond draw and the gut-shot.