AKo hand 25NL at Paradice

Paradise Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (7 handed) converter

SB ($26.55)
BB ($32.00)
UTG ($27.02)
MP1 ($39.15)
Hero ($33.40)
CO ($27.05)
Button ($66.35)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to $0.8</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls $0.80, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls $0.80, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

Flop: ($2.75) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG bets $1</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $4</font>, Button calls $4, UTG folds.

Turn: ($11.75) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $11</font>, Button calls $11.

River: ($33.75) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $17.6</font>, Button calls $17.60.

Final Pot: $68.95

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Now, UTG has min raised several times pf to show A high kicker, but never to 0.80. I put him on a higher pp and after my flop re raise he folds and say "I had KK".
Do you think I should have re raised pf? My read extended from 10/10-A/A and it just turned out I lucked out from being dominated. When, if ever, do you re raise pf with AKo and to what.

I havn't been in this game for very long but during my stay the button has gone from $106 to what you see here pf ($66). He has contiually lost money calling things he shouldnt be during my stay. I put him on anything from AQ to A rag. Seeing as A rag was a possibility, do I play the same way seeing as a full house could have me beat?

Thanks.

[Malachii]

Preflop play depends. Sometimes I reraise AK, sometimes I just call. Generall speaking I want to avoid creating big pots preflop without at least some idea of how people play, so a preflop call has a lot of merit.

This looks fine - raise this flop because there is a flush and a straight draw possible and you cannot allow other players to draw for free... turn bet, again, same principle. The 9 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] isn't a great card but isn't awful either. River is interesting. There's only one ace left in the deck... if my opponent is an aggressive player I will frequently check/call to induce a bluff from a missed flush or straight draw, if he's more of a loose/passive type then I will just value push like you did.

To be honest, I didn't notice the straight possibility the 9 presented.

[kitaristi0]

It's unlikely the 9 helped Villain. If he was on a straight draw, he would've had the 9 in hand already (unless he had 56, calling with just a gutshot (TJ) is unlikely (though possible)).

It feels more like either Ax or a flush draw that caught a pair on the way. I have seen TT and JJ shown in this situation as well.

A set feels unlikely, because he would've probably raised on the turn, right?

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He has contiually lost money calling things he shouldnt be during my stay.

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All the more reason to push the money in there, he'll call with AQ-A2, and if he has a full house, that's just bad luck and he's getting my money.