KK hand was there a way to keep opponent 3 in longer?

[midget23]

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Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
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1 fold
hero raises to 4
4 folds
co calls 4
button folds
sb calls 3.5
bb calls 3

Flop: K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font> ($16)
sb checks
bb checks
hero checks
co bets 12
sb calls
bb folds
hero raises to 36
co calls
sb calls

Turn: 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font> ($124)
sb checks
hero goes all in for 78.19
co calls
sb folds

River: 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
<font color="white"> hero shows [ Kh, Ks ] three of a kind, kings.
co shows [ 4s, 6s ] a straight, two to six.
co wins $277.38 from the main pot with a straight, two to six.</font>

[xcrack999]

What a title to conceal a bad-beat post. Gotta bet that flop unless you know that CO will bet when checked to every single time.

[rikz]

Well, I never check-raise a set when there are obvious draws on the board. I would have made a $15 bet at the flop, just like I would with AK.

After that, you're check-raise plan seems to have worked well for you. You were able to get all your money in with a caller before any of the draw cards hit.

Other than the check-raise, this looks ok to me. If villain caught a flush or straight, its just a bad beat.

I would not recommend betting less on any street just to get a second caller to come along to the river. Giving guys the correct pot odds to call really isn't a good idea just to make the pot bigger when you're ahead.

[midget23]

well i dont really care about the beat because it wasnt that bad at all i was probably only 75% to win on the turn. Just wondering if a bigger raise on the flop would have hooked in the SB or if my line was about as much as I was getting out of him. CO's postflop AF is over 9 with 400ish hands with him so I was fairly sure he'd bet if checked to