turned bottom boat

[captZEEbo1]

Blinds 10/15, $20 NL holdem SNG at party. 1st hand of the tourny.
value raise the river or smooth call?

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to captZEEbo [ 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ]
ajaaja raises [30].
xrayman1 folds.
ClaudeX folds.
j62378 folds.
DUSTY24 folds.
EricNiklason folds.
NIKOJ96 folds.
captZEEbo calls [30].
Jockey100 calls [20].
harrie69 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ]
Jockey100 checks.
ajaaja checks.
captZEEbo checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ]
Jockey100 bets [65].
ajaaja calls [65].
captZEEbo calls [65].
** Dealing River ** [ J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ]
Jockey100 bets [60].
ajaaja raises [120].
captZEEbo calls [120].
Jockey100 calls [60].

[tigerite]

Definitely raise.. very few hands beat you here, only AQ, AJ, QQ, JJ, AA.. all pretty unlikely bar AJ with the preflop action (and at $20s, most people would raise that, too).

[captZEEbo1]

that guy DID raise it. Then he checked the flop, indicating great strength (slowplay), no?

[tigerite]

At that level, he probably chased KJ down to the river and hit his J, or hit two pair with QJo, or perhaps a straight with K-10?

[PapiChulo503]

Guys im new to poker so take it easy if I say or ask something STUPID. Why not raise on the turn? Pot size bet maybe, wouldnt that tell you if someone has an A or maybe even AQ? Would a pot size raise make anyone chasing the flush fold? Would a raise give the appearance of slow playing the flop?

[captZEEbo1]

Raising the turn could've worked, but I had position. I'm just posting this b/c I'm pretty sure I messed up the hand. So I'm up for any valid alternatives. Raising the turn would've been ideal, I probably could've gotten AK allin.