Ever Let a Boat Sink?

[locks1018]

At Bodog, I played this hand:

Player raises UTG 6xBB (Blinds 5/10) and I call from the cut off with pocket 10's, The flop came 10/kd/Ad. He Checked and I bet almost pot $110 into a $135 pot and he called. The turn came a K. Which would know give me a boat and he checked and I checked behind him. The river came another A. The board read. 10/k/a/k/a. He comes out firing. Easy laydown right? My question is was I wrong to check the turn? I felt like he raised with A/k and he check/called because he hit two pair. Right or wrong read?

[Aplomado]

Yeah that's almost certainly a good laydown. AK is a strong possibility. Shitty river.

[zenbitz]

Actually, if villian HAS AK, that river saved hero's bacon - giving an easy laydown.

[nickthefool]

Any A or K beats you, easy laydown.

[Sprayed]

If he had AK, why would he check on a draw board? I would think that he would come out raising or CR you. I'm thinking that he has QQ , JJ, or AQ and is calling for the str8 draw. When you checked the turn he made up his mind that you didn't have a K and bet the river. In any event, you're beat if he has an A.

[silverfist]

Hmm... I'm not 100% convinced you're up against AK here. You could as easily be up against AQ or even QQ or JJ or something. With a marginal hand, it makes sense to check-call, check-fold in first position and if the villain doesn't bet the turn, to fire at the river.

I probably would have bet that turn, defining his hand. If he didn't have an ace there, there's a good chance he'd lay it down. After all, you have a full house that only loses to one hand (and a very unlikely hand at that - there are 2 kings and 1 ace out there already, so there are only 6 rather than 16 permutations of AK left). He might think he's "trapping" you with KQs, or the K might have scared him if he had AQ.

On the river, though, great fold. Nobody is going to fire into that pot without an A or a K. You've got to give up there.

[WildBobAA]

Very similar hand I played yesterday. After the turn I thought $$$$ I can break anyone who slowplayed their A. Then the river...

FullTiltPoker Game #330542373: Table Winwood (6 max) - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:30:39 ET - 2005/12/11
Seat 1: dave4828 ($55.10)
Seat 2: PhuckdaPatriots ($48.25)
Seat 3: WildBobAA ($268.95)
Seat 4: Mike McDermant ($80.50)
Seat 5: Play Harder ($11.20)
Seat 6: ED4ECU ($232.70)
WildBobAA posts the small blind of $0.50
Mike McDermant posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WildBobAA [8d 8h]
Play Harder folds
ED4ECU calls $1
dave4828 folds
PhuckdaPatriots calls $1
WildBobAA calls $0.50
Mike McDermant checks
*** FLOP *** [Qc Ac As]
WildBobAA checks
Mike McDermant checks
ED4ECU checks
PhuckdaPatriots checks
*** TURN *** [Qc Ac As] [8c]
WildBobAA bets $4
Mike McDermant folds
ED4ECU folds
PhuckdaPatriots calls $4
*** RIVER *** [Qc Ac As 8c] [Qh]
WildBobAA checks
PhuckdaPatriots bets $7
WildBobAA: hmm just got rivered
WildBobAA: 88
WildBobAA folds
Uncalled bet of $7 returned to PhuckdaPatriots
PhuckdaPatriots shows [Qs 4c] (a full house, Queens full of Aces)
PhuckdaPatriots wins the pot ($11.40)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $12 | Rake $0.60
Board: [Qc Ac As 8c Qh]
Seat 1: dave4828 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: PhuckdaPatriots (button) collected ($11.40)
Seat 3: WildBobAA (small blind) folded on the River
Seat 4: Mike McDermant (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 5: Play Harder didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: ED4ECU folded on the Turn