3-Bet AQo, ragged flop, K on the turn

Aaron W. · #1 09-10-2004, 11:32 PM

Paradise Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises, UTG+2 folds, Hero 3-bets, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO calls, Button calls, SB folds, BB folds, UTG+1 calls.

I don't know much about UTG+1, but CO is seeing most of the flops.

Flop: (13.50 SB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (4 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets, CO calls, Button folds, UTG+1 calls.

Turn: (8.25 BB) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks, CO bets, UTG+1 calls, Hero calls.

River: (11.25 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks, CO checks.

Final Pot: 11.25 BB

Both 3-betting preflop and betting the flop makes perfect sense to me, but I thought I'd run it by everyone else just in case. The flop probably missed everyone and there's a reasonable chance I'm ahead right in the 3-way pot.

I don't know what the right turn play is at this point. I don't like that CO called 3 cold preflop (even though he is loose) and that he is hanging around after the flop bet. This makes me think he has some sort of pocket pair or big cards (or maybe his rags hit), which means I'm probably behind. As for the UTG+1, I don't know what to think of him, either. My big fear is being check-raised by UTG+1 if the king hit him (though I don't know if he would, since I don't know much about him). In any case, I still think checking is the best option at this point, even with the second nut flush draw.

On the river, I was trying to get a check-raise in on the CO. I hardly ever go for check-raises on the river, so I've been looking for places that I can start squeezing it in. I think this is one of those cases. Am I wrong?

Thanks much for any advice that comes my way.