($60) Make TPTK, get raised AI

[nogenius]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP2 (t1250)
CO (t1445)
Button (t1635)
SB (t2930)
BB (t1500)
UTG (t1865)
UTG+1 (t1370)
Hero (t1505)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A, K.
1 fold, UTG+1 calls t30, Hero raises to t110, 5 folds, UTG+1 calls t80.

Flop: (t265) 8, 4, 5 (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks.

Turn: (t265) A (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets t175, UTG+1 raises to t1260, Hero ???

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Villian was an unknown who hadn't done anything out of the ordinary so far.

What's your move on the turn?

[Roco415]

this is very very tough situation to be in....my first instinct is that he has a set although his check on flop might possibly mean he had an AT and above and because of that possiblity, i would bet out half pot or greater and if its flat called, im pretty much done with the hand but if raised you also might have to throw it away because you really dont know where your at...

a way to solve this and lose the least is to bet out the flop when he checked..idk why u didnt bet out after seeing him check, if he has no pair, ur best and u shud end the hand there and be content with taking pot with that flop....a call on the flop would end hand for you as he would most likely notve called your bet with a-k or less...it would be easier to detect a set...

im no genius either, so let me kno what you think of my perspective.

[taipan168]

I don't play the $60s, but UTG+1's limp and call of your raise looks like a PP to me.

I agree with Roco, I would have c-bet the flop for 150-180. I'm guessing that if a $60 player calls that, they may well have you beat.

On the turn, I'm not going broke with TPTK to the C-R. Too much chance of running into a set/A8 here I think.

[nogenius]

I agree, in retrospect a continuation bet should have been in order.

[Scuba Chuck]

Against certain players, this is a for sure fold. Against unknowns, it could go either way. I think I would feel better about folding had you bet slightly more on the turn.

Also, believe it or not, I do think this is a good spot to check-behind on the turn. In retrospect, that might look super smart because we're now in a tough spot, but once we get to the turn, a lot of equity has been lost, so often times extracting value on the rest of the hand is by inducing worse hands to bet (particularly if we are going to bet fold like we do here). Folding here is probably good poker at the $60s, but I think you are being duped a good percent of the time.