1/2 NL, short handed, deep stacks, difficult river decision

[Triumph36]

I've been playing rather LAG, raising to $10-$14 when in position. Villain is the BB, generally plays weak/tight. I've played against him a lot in the last week. He has $400 or so, I have him covered.

I make it $8 to go with AK, Villain in the BB re-pops to 24, I call. Flop is K86 with two clubs, I have A of clubs. He leads out for 40, I call. Turn is a 4, no club, he bets 95, I call. River is an offsuit 3, he goes all in for ~200, Hero...?

[Triumph36]

Bump.

[That guy]

I would make it $100 on the flop.

read this too:

http://www.howardlederer.com/howard-...-article5.html

[wtfsvi]

I think raise the flop to $100, fold to any more before-river action from a weak-tightie. (Check behind on the turn.) Call a reasonable bet or value bet the river.

How weak-tight is he? How LAG have you been? Folding preflop here is an option, allthough I'm calling most of the time as well.

[EMcWilliams]

If he is weak-tight, I might think about re-popping preflop, as a probe to see where I am. If he raises me, I drop the hand, and if he calls I procede with caution. I also re-raise the flop, and if I face another re-raise, I know I am beat and drop it.

[amoeba]

against weak tighties, I fold preflop when I get reraised with AK.

[TheNoodleMan]

Given the way you have played it, I think I would call this bet on the river.
I would have raised the flop to see how serious he is about his hand.

[Triumph36]

I was unsure how I played this hand. I was actually the 'Villain'; I re-popped it from the BB with A8 unsuited and decided to push on the river because at no point during the hand did he show serious strength, and because I was at the stack depth where I could force a K to laydown. When he called the flop, I put him on the flush draw, but when he called my almost pot-sized bet on the turn, I had no idea where I was at. Since Villain is LAG and is willing to push with very marginal hands, I could not put him on a set because I think if he had that, he'd put me on AA/AK and raise/push to get me in the center.

I don't really think I had this thinking process during the hand, and I pushed with little hesitation. Only after that move, when he took some time to think about it, did I realize how good it was.

Villain claimed he had AK and folded.

[Vish]

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When he called the flop, I put him on the flush draw...

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Why?

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...but when he called my almost pot-sized bet on the turn, I had no idea where I was at.

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That's because continuing on the turn is pointless here. It tells you nothing about his hand. Its only purpose is to keep you from looking weak. If you're in a bookstore sometime soon, take a quick look at volume two of Harrington on Hold 'Em, specifically the section about Dark Tunnel Bluffs. That's what this is.

Continuing on the river was even worse, I think. I'm not sure what you're representing--maybe AK? If he actually had that hand, I'm surprised he folded. The action from your end doesn't look too convincing.

[punter11235]

Call.
Shorthandend, huge pot, good hand. Call.