KK - in tonites 200K guaranteed

[Shorty35]

So what's your play on the river?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (10 handed) converter

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

BB (t1155)
UTG (t1465)
UTG+1 (t1330)
UTG+2 (t1580)
MP1 (t1430)
Hero (t1475)
MP3 (t1415)
CO (t2115)
Button (t1850)
SB (t1185)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t20, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t90</font>, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, UTG+1 calls t70.

Flop: (t210) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t175</font>, UTG+1 calls t175.

Turn: (t560) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t400</font>, UTG+1 calls t400.

River: (t1360) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 bets t425</font>, Hero ?

[Shorty35]

Bump. Any help?

Sure the pot odds are sweet, but (1) he was slow to call my pf raise - I figured this to mean small pair (thus making set very possible on this flop) and (2) without the A on the river, its a pot odds call -- but that A [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[mts]

call, and be pissed if he chased you with it. or happy he missed his draw. But i kind of 2nd guess myself on this

[Harv72b]

The way I see it, there are 4 likely scenarios that produce this river bet:

1) UTG+1 has been calling down with 55 and just rivered a straight.
2) UTG+1 has an underpair and has correctly guessed that you have higher pockets under an A, and is therefore trying to push you off of them.
3) UTG+1 is holding AdXd &amp; just rivered top pair, then correctly guessed that you have high pockets under an A &amp; bet rather than risking a check thru.
4) UTG+1 flopped/turned a set &amp; has been waiting for you to make a hand with your "AK" before playing back at you.

Of course there's always the 5th option, that UTG+1 is just a dolt. But still....there aren't a whole lot of ways that you win this one, and 425 is a little more than half your remaining stack. Folding is probably the better move, but I don't fault you one bit for calling either.