Big pot AK
 

I thought utg was a 2+2er, but his stats seem a little LAG after 100 hands: 24/17/2.5. He could be one.

The flop was dangerous and a 3-bet offers no protection, my plan was to raise a safe turn card and possibly drive out the players behind me.

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Preflop: Hero is MP3 with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO caps</font>, Button calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls, UTG calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (32.66 SB) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(8 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG checks, UTG+2 checks, MP1 checks, MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, CO calls, Button calls, BB calls, <font color="#CC3333">UTG raises</font>, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 calls, Hero calls, CO calls, Button calls, BB calls.

Turn: (22.33 BB) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets</font>, Hero folds.

Any thoughts?

Re: Big pot AK
 

Looks good. MP2 will have a Q 99% of the time. The other 1%, someone else does. You're drawing to about 3 outs to chop it. On the flop, 3-betting won't protect anything, so call and maybe raise a safe turn card (low, non-heart). Tough hand, but you played it well.