170bb AK hand

[johnny_fish]

Villain is 17/13/3. He insta-pushed river.

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$4
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $791.64
UTG+1: $49.80
Hero: $1072.70
Button: $684.30
SB: $396
BB: $398

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with A K
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to $8, Hero raises to $30, Button calls, 3 folds.

Flop: A 3 8 ($74, 2 players)
Hero bets $50, Button calls.

Turn: 5 ($174, 2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $100, Hero calls.

River: 3 ($374, 2 players)
Hero bets $200, Button raises all-in $504.3, Hero folds.
Uncalled bets: $504.3 returned to Button.

Results:
Final pot: $574

[T.M]

your lead on the river wasnt a good idea, if you were gonna use a blocking bet, a smaller one would be better since its easier to get away from if you dont know how to handle a raise from your opponent.

[bdawg56kg]

Do you have any reads other than stats? I would much rather check the river and see what he does in this situation, with the intention of calling most bets, probably folding to a push.

[johnny_fish]

your lead on the river wasnt a good idea, if you were gonna use a blocking bet, a smaller one would be better since its easier to get away from if you dont know how to handle a raise from your opponent.

My plan was to fold to a raise. I made the bet because I wanted to get value of Ax and I'd call a small bet (~150-250) anyway.

@bdawg: No, not really, I was 6-tabling.

I didn't want to c/r the turn because I wouldn't know what to do at the river..

[aislephive]

Bet the turn here, if you get called or raised I would pretty much be done with the hand. Checking here would be to induce a bluff, but I think that is very unlikely, so there is no point. Betting the turn also gets you a cheap showdown here since AQ probably isn't betting the river. I actually think there is a decent chance villain raised you off of a chop.

[Miffed22001]

Bet the turn here, if you get called or raised I would pretty much be done with the hand. Checking here would be to induce a bluff, but I think that is very unlikely, so there is no point. Betting the turn also gets you a cheap showdown here since AQ probably isn't betting the river. I actually think there is a decent chance villain raised you off of a chop.

i agree on the lines.
He flop a set and boated the river and made it look like a bluff perhaps?

[gabe]

nh

[dsaxton]

Looks pretty standard.

I think checking the turn is better than betting. He's either drawing to 3 outs or you're drawing dead, with the latter being more likely when he calls a substantial turn bet.

[Irisheyes]

I like it till the river. I think I just c/c there.

[gabe]

I like it till the river. I think I just c/c there.

c/c is pretty bad here, cant make money from AJ type hands and there are no hands that will bluff

[bdawg56kg]

I like it till the river. I think I just c/c there.

c/c is pretty bad here, cant make money from AJ type hands and there are no hands that will bluff

How likely is it that a 17/13 cold calls a 3-bet preflop with a dominated ace? Granted stacks are deep and he has position, but I still don't think it's very likely. If villian was a fish then I would like b/f better on the river.

[gabe]

i can see them calling with stuff like AQs then they call river hoping you were bluffing