AK whiffs...now what?

[Chicago_Kid]

I'd been stealing quite a bit, showing down big hands, including a couple monster winners. Not quite panic time for the shorties, but they were starting to bite back. Anyone play this differently?

***** Hand History for Game 2154118883 *****
NL Hold'em Trny:12804366 Level:7 Blinds (100/200) - Saturday, June 04, 15:09:49 EDT 2005
Table ($10/1) Million Dollar Qualifier(355564) Table #2 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Chicago_Kid ( $7989 )
Seat 2: guttermann ( $1875 )
Seat 4: Opponent ( $3642 )
Seat 5: jah59 ( $3383 )
Seat 9: Wldcat70 ( $6385 )
Seat 10: TheJacobian ( $5628 )
Seat 3: Bigs96499 ( $3440 )
Seat 8: firstlassie ( $3014 )
Seat 6: bobicecream ( $2888 )
Seat 7: Gazel77 ( $6585 )
Trny:12804366 Level:7
Blinds (100/200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Chicago_Kid [ As Ks ]
TheJacobian folds.
Chicago_Kid raises [650].
guttermann folds.
Bigs96499 folds.
Opponent raises [1100].
jah59 folds.
bobicecream folds.
Gazel77 folds.
firstlassie folds.
Wldcat70 folds.
Chicago_Kid calls [450].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3h, 2h, 2d ]
Chicago_Kid checks.
Opponent checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8d ]
Chicago_Kid bets [1100].
Opponent calls [1100].
** Dealing River ** [ 6c ]
Chicago_Kid checks.
Opponent checks.
Chicago_Kid shows [ As, Ks ] a pair of twos.
Opponent doesn't show [ Qs, Ah ] a pair of twos.
Chicago_Kid wins 4700 chips from the main pot with a pair of twos with king kicker.

[Sed]

His check on the flop says, "i wiffed too". Unless he is a sneaky bastard, I bet the pot putting him all in on the turn.

- sed

[vqc]

This hand is a good example of why acting last is a huge advantage. After seeing u check the river, if he had bet, he would have picked up the pot.

Your play is fine.

You completely whiffed the flop, and there isnt really anything for u to rep on the flop. After he checks to u on the flop you sense some weaknes and bet the turn. He calls so you put him on a hand of some sort. THen you check the river which is perfectly fine, and he checks behind u. Sounds fine to me.

[ender555]

you could re-raise all in preflop if u wanted...

it sends a good message. i would only do that if you knew they were just pissed at you for raising all the time with crap. which i think you wrote that this was the case. especially if you knew this specific player was a little tilted by you.

[Fortune 500]

good call. A LITTLE ballsy... but a good call.

[ilikeaces86]

pfft push that all in pre if your gonna play

[ZenOffsuit]

I would have played this the same way. I love to raise w/ A/K but proceed with caution if it is reraised. I think people feel the need to overplay this hand and it gets them in trouble....often

[Staple Gun]

I would have definetly pushed preflop. His opponet already has 1/3 his stack in,. I think the other guy raises more back at you with AA or KK in this situation although he might still have it. I think this is a coinflip or you dominating about 95% of the time. I would definetly have pushed preflop.

[Chicago_Kid]

I would have definetly pushed preflop.

Thanks for all the feedback.

The reason why I didn't push all in is that I didn't want to risk half my stack on a potential coin flip when I'm the chip leader. My postflop game was pretty sharp that day, so I wanted to use it. Wondering if this is a good rationale to use...

[ZenOffsuit]

I would have definetly pushed preflop.

Thanks for all the feedback.

The reason why I didn't push all in is that I didn't want to risk half my stack on a potential coin flip when I'm the chip leader. My postflop game was pretty sharp that day, so I wanted to use it. Wondering if this is a good rationale to use...

I agree 100%