AK continuation hand.

[TheRegulat0r]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed) converter

CO ($7.4)
Button ($8.88)
SB ($41.85)
BB ($28.15)
Hero ($24.48)
UTG+1 ($20.95)
MP1 ($11.45)
MP2 ($9.3)
MP3 ($76.63)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.1.
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $1.5</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP3 calls $1.50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls $1.50, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

Flop: ($4.85) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $3</font>, MP3 calls $3, Button folds.

Turn: ($10.85) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $7</font>, MP3 calls $7.

River: ($24.85) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero?

I have $13 left. Villain has been decently tight pre-flop, so I think he has big hearts here more often than he has small straight-making cards.

[fuzzbox]

If you think he has big hearts, then check/call. All you beat is big hearts though !!!

[TheRegulat0r]

I was thinking about that when I posted it, checking to induce a bluff into my A high would be pretty sweet.

Check/call is actually the only way to play this river. Check/folding the turn is better.

[ajmargarine]

Shut it down after you are called on the flop. Firing the second barrel loses 2 barrel pots, but only wins 1 barrel pots. Use very sparingly. Maybe, maybe even c/f the flop OOP and move on.