AK flops TP

[spydog]

Villians are both fishy.

How did I play this?

I'm sure my preflop call sucks. How large should my raise be?

Flop: Not sure
Turn: Seemed like a good raise at the time. I'm folding to an all-in.
River: I like this value bet, plus I am folding to a raise.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (6 max, 5 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Button ($29.89)
SB ($26.10)
Hero ($13.54)
UTG ($16.50)
MP ($52.50)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP calls $0.25, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB (poster) raises to $0.4</font>, Hero calls $0.25, MP calls $0.25.

Flop: ($1.50) A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif, 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets $1</font>, Hero calls $1, MP calls $1.

Turn: ($4.50) 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets $2</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $4</font>, MP calls $4, SB calls $2.

River: ($16.50) 7/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $3</font>, MP calls $3, SB calls $3.

Final Pot: $25.50

[pottie]

Raise preflop to $1.50.
Bet flop 3/4 pot.

As you played preflop raise the flop bet to $3. Do not slowplay TPTK hands on the flop.

[vulturesrow]

Calling with AK out of the blinds is perfectly accpetable. Sometimes I reraise, sometimes I call. Postflop, this seems to be a pretty standard WA/WB situation, absent special reads on the other two players. The only reasonable draw out there is the wheel. Raising the turn is basically going to drive out second best hands and cost you more money against hands that have you beat. The river value bet is fine.