AK line check

Villian is 40/5.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB ($30.40)
Hero ($180.80)
UTG+1 ($92.40)
UTG+2 ($70.78)
MP1 ($108.25)
MP2 ($100.15)
MP3 ($115.47)
CO ($45.60)
Button ($45.65)
SB ($99.16)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K, A. SB posts a blind of $0.50.
Hero raises to $4, 2 folds, MP1 calls $4, 1 fold, MP3 calls $4, 4 folds.

Flop: ($13.50) T, 5, 3 (3 players)
Hero bets $8, MP1 folds, MP3 raises to $18, Hero calls $10.

Turn: ($49.50) A (2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 bets $18, Hero calls $158.80 (All-In), MP3 calls $75.47 (All-In).

River: ($301.77) 2 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $301.77

I think it's fine. I'd rather lead the turn though, since you are a 4 to 1 dog on a set.

Let me start by saying I've read a lot of your posts & I've learnt quite a bit from them & I've only just moved up to 50Nl so take this reply for what it's worth.

Did you think you were winning on the turn?
Unless I had a read that this guy bluffs, I would see his flop re-raise as 75% chance he has two pair or better & he is worried about the flush draw. (Only 25% he sees your bet as a C-bet he can take you off.)
On the turn I would probably bet my Aces to see if they're good (He'd have to be pretty aggressive to re-raise that without the goods.)

In your case you checked & he bet $18, you might have seen this as a weak bet trying to drive you out because you checked, but I would have just called to see if I could hit the flush & then just check & call 1/2 pot size bet on the river if I didn't.
I wouldn't bet my stack here, top pair is not usually worth it, the only hands calling here are ones that beat you
My guess is he does what I do which is set hunt with any pair & try to stack the pre-flop raiser.[img][/img][img][/img]

My thinking was that by checking, I can get another bet out of JT, QT, KT, JJ, maybe QQ, KK. If he checks behind, that's fine, and it might make a river bet look like a bluff and get called by those same hands. I wanted to avoid the tough decision when I lead the turn and he raises.

If you lead the turn and he pushes are you folding TPTK + NFD with like $60 effective behind in a ~$200 pot?

I'm not saying I'm crazy about my line, but I don't think I like leading the turn or check/calling it either.

I also realize that the size of my turn c/r all in is kinda excessive...I was hoping that if he was gonna bet, he'd bet more than that.

Yeah you are right actually if you lead the turn & he pushes you would have to call anyway.
I would still just check/call though.
But as you can see from my reply to the post below about calling an all in with top two pair on the flop, I am probably pretty weak post flop.

I think I lead the turn for a 1/2 PSB. I'd rather fold out a worse hand than stick it all in against a better one.

id have just pushed the flop. gg.

or 3 bet to 54 and called the push with odds.

I don't like it--check raising there folds out lots of hands behind yours and hands your money over to better ones. I think a 25-30 value bet is appropriate here. If you bet 30 and villain pushes over you, you'd still be getting approximately correct calling odds.