Ugly AKo hand

[Nick C]

UTG+2 is very loose, and she was giving me all sorts of problems -- partly because I was having trouble hitting flops but also because (I think) I was playing badly.

She's 71/10/1.5 after 180 hands. Her preflop cap wasn't exactly a surprise. My expectation at the time was that she would cap anything she would open with. (Earlier, she had capped with AJs heads-up, for instance, after the tight BB 3-bet her EP raise. Then she called down unimproved.)

Also, I expected her to bet until played back at postflop.

UTG hadn't gone to many showdowns and had kind of escaped my attention, but his numbers are 34/9/0.4 after 121 hands.

The flop froze me up in this one.

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Preflop: Hero is SB with A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+2 raises</font>, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG calls, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+2 caps</font>, Hero calls, UTG calls.

Flop: (13 SB) T/images/graemlins/club.gif, 2/images/graemlins/club.gif, 9/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+2 bets</font>, Hero calls, UTG calls.

<font color="#0000FF">When UTG+2 bet as expected, I told myself that maybe I should just fold. Then I thought, "No, she just has AQ/AJ. Checkraise." I hesitated while the computer beeped at me, hesitated some more, and then decided a checkraise wouldn't be very convincing after such a long delay. Then I compromised and called.</font>

Turn: (8 BB) K/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+2 bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, UTG folds, UTG+2 calls.

River: (12 BB) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+2 raises</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: 15 BB

I'm mostly wondering what I should've done on the flop, but feel free to comment on the rest of the hand as well. (I wasn't really sure what to do on the river, for instance.)

[private joker]

PF is standard. Flop -- maybe a checkraise to blow away UTG, because you're ahead of LAG more often than behind. But a call is ok and reevaluate on the turn.

Turn is great.

River, I'd just check-call. When she calls the turn c/r, she has something; I'd let her bet a worse hand on the river, and not give you the chance to fold TPTK, as you did.

She may have a Q, she may not.

[toss]

Against players like these I try to go to showdown as cheaply as possible with Ace high or a small pair. When I have TP/TK or better I go to war. On the river I would just check/call and hope my hand is good 1 in 13 times. I want to showdown against these types of players.

PF ok.
Flop I would check-raise to try to get UTG out.
Turn ok.
Since UTG+2 is such a LAG I would check-call the river hoping to induce a bluff.