Thank you all for your replies.
Alittle background on myself: I am a 5.5 PTBB/100 player over the last 20k hands at PP 25NL. Nothing to write home about, but not clueless either.
The reason for my pot-building "to 0.75" raise from BB w/AK is that recently I looked at my stats and saw that I am barely breaking even w/AK. So I decided to experiment with different strategies of playing it. My thinking was that if I raise big I only get called by pocket pairs. And some of them tend to soak up continuation bets. So I decided to build the pot so everybody calls. That way I bet my TPTK or check. But that's a discussion for another day.
Let's go back to this exciting hand.
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (9 handed)
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saw flop|
<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>
UTG+1 ($24.30)
<font color="#C00000">MP1 ($28.75)</font>
MP2 ($18)
MP3 ($4.75)
CO ($28.30)
Button ($33.10)
SB ($42.75)
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($23.40)</font>
UTG ($15.05)
Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
UTG calls $0.25, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, MP1 calls $0.25, <font color="#666666">
2 folds</font>, CO calls $0.25, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, SB (poster) completes, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $0.5</font>, UTG calls $0.50, MP1 calls $0.50, CO calls $0.50, SB folds.
Flop: ($3.25) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $3</font>, UTG folds, MP1 calls $3, CO calls $3.
Turn: ($12.25) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $3</font>, MP1 calls $3, CO calls $3.
So, based on your answers, I made another mistake. I am giving the right odds for drawing hands. I had an eerie feeling about 2 pot-sized calls so I decided to slow down. But I didn't want to give a free card either. So I bet somwhere in between ...
River: ($21.25) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $3</font>, MP1 calls $22 (All-In), CO folds, Hero calls $13.65 (All-In).
Final Pot: $59.90
I value bet the river.
This last call is basically out of spite. I didn't have a very good self control at that point. At least I quit 4-tabling right after the hand and went to bed, deciding to cut my losses. Of course, I got sucked out on with the last card. classic.
Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Kh Ad (one pair, aces).
MP1 has 8c Ts (two pair, tens and eights).
Outcome: MP1 wins $59.90. </font>