AA vs. Scary flop-action

[Anders_G]

Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (10 handed) converter

Average Party 2/4 game. I'm fresh at the table - no reads.

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB calls, BB calls, UTG calls.

Flop: (8 SB) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, BB calls, <font color="#CC3333">UTG raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB caps</font>, BB folds, UTG calls, Hero calls.

From here I decide to call this down. Is that a good line, or should I fold the turn unimroved?

Turn: (10.50 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets</font>, Hero calls, SB calls.

River: (13.50 BB) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets</font>, Hero calls, SB calls.

Final Pot: 16.50 BB [img]/images/graemlins/ooo.gif[/img]

[ecooke]

Looks fine to me.

[Nick C]

I'd be tempted to raise the turn after SB checked (since I'd figure there was a good chance he was drawing). But he could be planning a checkraise instead, and I'd be worried UTG had something like KT (since he didn't let the flop action slow him down). So I'd think I'd just call and hope the river brought a 2 or a 4 or an ace (and that that would be good enough).

And then I'd call again on the river, since I wouldn't be convinced I was beat.

By the way, SB's play in this hand seems really curious to me. If he had a draw on the flop, it seems like he should've hit it, unless that draw was QJ. But why would he call the river with that? I don't know. Maybe he just capped the flop because he thought UTG would anyway and he was trying to slow down the turn and river action.

[Fabian]

I'm not sure what to make of this either. I'd call down too, definately wouldn't fold but can't really raise either. Strangely played.