AKo out of position

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Party Poker Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind t50 (10 handed) converter

MP3 (t473)
CO (t645)
Button (t868)
SB (t2390)
Hero (t840)
UTG (t1060)
UTG+1 (t765)
UTG+2 (t249)
MP1 (t290)
MP2 (t420)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+2 raises</font>, <font color="#666666">6 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, UTG calls, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+2 caps</font>, Hero calls, UTG calls.

Flop: (12.50 SB, t625) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG calls, UTG+2 calls [t49] .

Turn: (7.25 BB, t725) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG calls.

River: (9.25 BB, t925) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: 10.25 BB (t1025)

This is a limit SnG, please dont tell me to push the flop [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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Why bet the flop with 2 others seeing it after a capped pot preflop? How can they fold here?

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Why bet the flop with 2 others seeing it after a capped pot preflop? How can they fold here?

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BTW I'm a hopeless chump at LHE. I'm asking because I want to know, not to implicitly criticize [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img].

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UTG+2 only had 49 chips left, which was one SB. so I led out knowing that he would call and we could race to the showdown, and I could still be a favorite.

UTG had simply cold called pf, so I thought I was either way ahead or he had a small pair and I was slightly behind. The flop was rags so I led out hoping to get him to fold with his over cards, the turn was a dud so i bet for the same reason, when he called both I felt he must have paired the board or had a PP and i was beat.

These situations confuse me the most so any help would be appreciated. But I just cant see check/calling the flop. Its such a weak play, perhaps now that I think about it I should have check/raised knowing that UTG+2 would bet.