HU extraction

[pgil]

no HH. 50 NL. Table has recently gone down to HU. Was a fairly weak/passive table, and me and opp have been somewhat aggro because of it, with only a few hands against each other. he has thrown a CR on me when I cbet with missed overs. I have about $65, opp covers.

This is only the second hand of the HU.

I am the button/SB and get dealt :Ac::Kc: and raise to 1.75 (bet pot button, I am lazy) which has been my standard raise at this table. Opp thinks for a bit then calls.

Flop: :Js::Ah::Ad: (pot = 3.50)
opp checks, I bet 2.25 fully expecting a check-raise here. opp thinks, then calls. I am somewhat disappointed.

Turn: :Ks: pot = 8
opp checks again. I bet 6, again half expecting a check raise, opp calls again after a pause.

River: inconsequential low card, non spade pot = 20
opp checks, I bet the pot, opp thinks for a bit and calls.

shows down A9.

I feel as though I should have stacked him on this hand since it was headsup and he hit trip aces. The only place that I can really see playing it differently is the turn. If I check behind on the turn I feel as though he will be more likely to lead the river, and this will allow me to make a larger final raise if he does. but, by checking behind it also costs me the chance to juice the pot a little more with the nut hand, which makes for a smaller river bet.

I don't know if there was any way to get all of his chips, but I really wanted them on this hand and would like to know of some other ways to extract more in similar situations in the future.

Thanks.

[jackvance]

If you bet pot.. turn pot is $10.5, river pot is $31.5, then you can shove.

[pgil]

The only problem with that is I almost never bet the pot post flop. If I start doing it, it will make my bluffs that much more expensive when they don't work.

[benny999]

I think jack's suggestion is the best way to (possibly) get more.
it's worth it to occasionally bet pot as a bluff and/or value bet, that way you don't always need to bet standard sizes to conceal your hand strength.

[jackvance]

Ever since prima got the "bet pot" and "bet 1/2 pot" buttons, I'm betting those two a lot. A friend of mine kinda enlightened me on this, since I watched him play, I'm less concerned about keeping my bet sizes the same just to obfuscate my hand.. I just bet what feels right. (it's not like I'm playing 5/10 where everyone instantly analyses my lines)

[gabe]

you played it fine, you had to bet small enough so KJ still calls. usually you will get it in v another AAA but you got unlucky that he was so passive.