AKs on the button. ($5 rebuy)

[Pasterbator]

Heres a little bit of background. I was moved to the table about 5 minutes ago, so i have no reads.

Villain1 and i just got into a mini SB/BB hand, which i took down. When he called preflop, i didnt really fear a huge pair...but couldnt put him on a hand. I thought JJ/1010 were VERY possible. I have zero read on MP1.

I think checking this flop is a must, but what about the turn? Do you bet/push/check? I had so many river outs, that a reraise would make me puke...A LOT. So tell me what you think.


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t2000 (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

UTG+1 (t58117)
UTG+2 (t12714)
MP1 (t47236)
MP2 (t29829)
MP3 (t8766)
CO (t10280)
Hero (t70450)
SB :#A500AF(Villain1)/ (t36439)
BB (t10960)
UTG (t34170)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to t4000</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t11800</font>, SB :#A500AF(Villain1)/ calls t10800, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 calls t7800.

Flop: (t37400) 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, J/images/graemlins/heart.gif, T/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Villain1 checks, MP1 checks, Hero checks.

Turn: (t37400) 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Villain1 checks, MP1 checks, Hero checks

Final Pot: t62039

[Sam T.]

C-bet the flop. All you know is that they called a raise, so JJ/TT is way too narrow a range. If they come over the top, THEN you have some idea of their holdings.

No way they check through the turn if they caught a piece of the flop. Betting is fine, but so is checking, simply because there are so many outs, and it may allow you to snap off a river bluff if a diamond falls. AKs is lovely, but realize that at this point you have ace-high and some nice draws.

Sam

Four outs to the nuts, 6 other outs to a very nice nut flush, 2 more to a decent nut flush, and 6 more outs to top pair when no one has shown aggression postflop. This is a good check, but I usually c-bet the flop.

Unfortunately, I'd bet a huge amount that Villain1 is going to push this river, and you're going to fold like a pansy. /images/graemlins/smile.gif