AK...blank flop -> K on river

[JeffreyGB]

Slow down faster? By the time my card came on the river, I suspected he had at least a 3 and was just trying to give me extra rope. Sufficient reason to suspect this on the flop? Looking at it now, a 3 is less likely, but perhaps TT?

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

BB ($56)
UTG ($48.75)
Hero ($33.1)
MP1 ($61)
MP2 ($48.75)
MP3 ($51.3)
CO ($26.5)
Button ($66.55)
SB ($49)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A, K. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
1 fold, Hero raises to $2.5, 6 folds, BB calls $2.

Flop: ($5.25) 3, 3, T (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4, BB calls $4.

Turn: ($13.25) 7 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $6, BB calls $6.

River: ($25.25) K (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: $25.25

[ilikeaces86]

why check when you hit?

[a500lbgorilla]

This hand confuses me. Why did you stop when you finally got there and made the hand?

-'rilla

[Corey]

Jeff, when the board pairs usually the first one to bet takes it down.. wasnt in your case...

had a read on this player at all?

I would have put a pot size bet out on the river and give him credit for a flush if he hit...

[JeffreyGB]

I stopped because I was confident that I was beat. For some reason I expected a hand like A3, but it turned out that he indeed had TT.

I wasn't worried about the flush at all. And yes, I was hoping that I would take it by leading out on the flop and the turn. When I didn't, I figured him for having something slowplayable.

[dsaxton]

Checking on the river is a good way to hedge against the possibility that he was slow-playing something from the flop, which in this case seems likely. The only circumstance where betting seems to make any sense at all is if he had a pair of 10's, and even in this case he's likely to fold his hand anyways. So, checking seems better.

[Greedo017]

i personally check the turn too. don't see any drawing hands that he would call the flop bet with. i think you're pretty much dominated by anything he's calling that with.