5/10 AKs

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Party Poker Pot-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (6 max, 10 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx


UTG+1 ($705)
UTG+2 ($1183.45)
MP1 ($772.50)
MP2 ($2167)
MP3 ($840.85)
CO ($4829.45)
Button ($626.75)
SB ($1103)
Hero ($5231.25)
UTG ($1000)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. CO posts a blind of $15. SB posts a blind of $5.
UTG calls $10, 2 folds, MP1 raises to $55, 2 folds, CO (poster) calls $45, 2 folds

POT-LIMIT. CO is not good. He is very loose (55% vpip).He plays weird and he overplays trips, two pairs and hands like that. Not a big bluffer.
MP1 is bad at poker and he is steaming. He had a 3K stack an hour ago. He lost 4-5K in the last hour.
His pot raise is a little unusual but I would still like to race against him for his stack. But I also want to play a pot against CO with AKs.

I'm not sure if a raise will get CO out (I think MP will just call) and if they both call, the pot will be $700 on flop with me OOP. I don't like this.
So what's the optimal play here?


Hero calls $45, UTG calls $45.

Flop: ($230) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP1 bets $150, CO raises to $300

The plan was to checkraise MP all in. But now the CO miniraised. The CO's raise could be a set, two pair or a Q. A raise is unlikely to get him out and he will overplay 2. best hand if I hit.
If I call the miniraise and MP has a pair I think he will go all in. I dont want to be sandwiched.
What do I do here? How bad is folding?

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