AK vs the flop check-min-raise

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Thoughts on how I played this one?


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (7 handed) converter

Button ($22.70)
SB ($48.15)
BB ($56.75)
UTG ($53.90)
MP1 ($29.65)
MP2 ($37.10)
Hero ($14.20)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 calls $0.50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $1.5</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP1 calls $1.

Flop: ($3.75) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $2</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to $4</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $12.7</font>, MP1 calls $8.70.

Turn: ($29.15) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

River: ($29.15) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: $29.15

[Simplistic]

two schools of thought, he puts you on a strong ace and wants to drag you along with your strong hand with his two-pair or trips.

other school of thought is he has something like AQ or AJ and wants to define your hand hoping you're on a semi-bluff/continuation bet.

i think he has the former.

[SonOfWestwood]

I've gotten in to trouble w/ AK a lot like this, and I'm learning to lay this down. More often than not, in situations like this, I've run in to bigger hands than TPTK, and it's costed me.

Unless I've got the opponent pegged as a moron, I'm laying these down now, or going in to check and call mode.