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Playing AK after a garbage flop
Heres the situation. At a 6 person table, I am UTG and dealt big slick, so I make a 5x BB raise. Everyone folds, small blind calls and BB folds. Flop is garbage (I think it was 49J rainbow). SB checks, and now its my turn, but this is where I'm stuck. I figure theres probably a good chance I'm behind on the hand, so I figure I have 2 choices. Do I overbet the pot to try and buy it since I showed strength before the flop, and my opponent didn't show any sign of strength so far, or do I just check again and hope to pair up on the turn and be prepared to fold to any raise. As it turned out, I bet about 10x BB and he folded, but I'm not sure my logic was right. From what I could gather, he is fairly loose (likes to bet with tp low kicker, chases flushes, straights, etc), and sure enough, he turned over Q9o and was pretty pissed that he folded the winning hand.
I think I actually made the wrong decision and should have checked, considering he is a fairly loose player. I know I won here, but will this kind of strategy end up costing me in the long run? Thanks.
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