How do you continue this hand?

[Sabrazack]

I thought i could gain more from checking behind villain here on this very non textured flop.

#Game No : 2341660850
***** Hand History for Game 2341660850 *****
NL Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:13816415 Level:3 Blinds(25/50) - Sunday, July 10, 15:07:54 EDT 2005
Table Table 13765 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: urajackhole5 ( $1905 )
Seat 4: KumarKGB ( $635 )
Seat 5: tigerfrenzy ( $1305 )
Seat 8: RSKCPA ( $2010 )
Seat 9: HERO ( $1455 )
Seat 7: teresamai ( $690 )
Trny:13816415 Level:3
Blinds(25/50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Jc Ah ]
tigerfrenzy folds.
teresamai folds.
RSKCPA folds.
HERO raises [150].
urajackhole5 calls [125].
KumarKGB folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5c, As, 8d ]
urajackhole5 checks.
HERO checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7h ]
urajackhole5 bets [325].
HERO ??

[zipppy]

[ QUOTE ]
I thought i could gain more from checking behind villain here on this very non textured flop.

NL Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: urajackhole5 ( $1905 )
Seat 9: HERO ( $1455 )

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Jc Ah ]
HERO raises [150].
urajackhole5 calls [125].

** Dealing Flop ** [ 5c, As, 8d ]
urajackhole5 checks.
HERO checks.

** Dealing Turn ** [ 7h ]
urajackhole5 bets [325].
HERO ??

[/ QUOTE ]

A lot of times opponents will see your preflop bet+flop check as a sign of weakness and bet out on the turn, especially if they have Ax.

The danger is that he may have A5, A7 or A8. However, I don't see anyone at the 20s usually pushing so hard with anything as good as 2 pair. He could also have two diamonds.

I'd probably push, but this may be a huge mistake. Any strong reads on the villian?

>>>ZIP

[Sabrazack]

No, i had no relevant reads, playing many tables and watching TV [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[DasLeben]

Even on a pretty safe flop, I'm still betting TPGK here. It's simply not a good enough hand to slowplay here, especially considering SB did call a raise OOP. If you're checkraised on the flop, you can put him on a hand fairly easily. Him betting into you on the turn gives you no information at all.

[microbet]

Ditto.

He put in a lot of chips preflop. I 1/2 pot it and decide if I think he has AQ or AK on the flop.