Yet Another AK Question (YAAKQ)

[ugignadl]

Howdy all...here is a hand that has been irritating me.

***** Hand History for Game 4149207072 *****
$25 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, May 01, 00:59:39 ET 2006
Table Table 95425 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 4: BornToRun21 ( $18.50 )
Seat 5: LouisDave ( $25.58 )
Seat 9: soyeltiburon ( $6.20 )
Seat 6: Ugignadl ( $32.80 )
Seat 1: pppaulislav ( $22.78 )
Seat 7: syrup_618 ( $25.95 )
Seat 2: tcmeb ( $25 )
Seat 10: iNinjaStacks ( $4.66 )
Seat 8: zackywoods ( $4.75 )
Seat 3: Suicane ( $24.75 )
zackywoods posts small blind [$0.10].
soyeltiburon posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Ugignadl [ ]
iNinjaStacks calls [$0.25]. Loose freak.
pppaulislav folds.
tcmeb calls [$0.25]. Ditto.
Suicane folds.
BornToRun21 folds.
LouisDave folds.
Ugignadl raises [$1]. Standard move for me, especially in LP.
syrup_618 calls [$1]. Bugger, this guy is tight. Thinking AJs+, 77+.
zackywoods folds.
soyeltiburon folds.
iNinjaStacks calls [$0.75]. This guy could have absolutely anything.
tcmeb folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5c, Ks, 7s ]
iNinjaStacks checks.
Ugignadl bets [$3]. Mostly a bet to see where I am with respect to syrup.
syrup_618 calls [$3]. Crap. He had to think for a while however.
iNinjaStacks folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jc ]

What do you do here? I'm not exactly sure if my line is good or not from this point onwards.

Thanks.

[goofyballer]

This board = danger. Bet $7.

[poormanbilly]

This board = danger. Bet $7.

Same... that dude is drawing. If he pops you on the turn, abort.

[fishdawg65]

Couldn't this be a read on his part? If you put him on a lower ace, maybe he thinks you are drawing and want to get him off his hand? I could possibly see aq/at play like this depending on how they view you.

Have you been buying any pots lately? How many hands have you shown lately? The strongest plays a tight player can make are when they play a loose hand. the strongest plays a loose player can make are when they play a tight hand. Perhaps he's trying to pull a fast one on you?

[cavman]

3/4 pot on turn, fold to raise. check/call river if a blank, check/fold if a spade (or call a small bet).

[easy_as_pie]

3/4 pot on turn, fold to raise. check/call river if a blank, check/fold if a spade (or call a small bet).

agree except that you have to bet river if blank.

[poormanbilly]

3/4 pot on turn, fold to raise. check/call river if a blank, check/fold if a spade (or call a small bet).

agree except that you have to bet river if blank.

No way... check/call is the way to go. You don't want to get raised on the river.

[ugignadl]

He had 6% VPIP for the last 50 hands, so I didn't want to risk it. I c/fd the turn (he put out a $7 bet). I figured I played this badly, but... he called my raise, and he called the pot bet.

I had good table image. I had stacked a few of the short $5 donks (replete with showdown) earlier, and he had been watching.

I think I was psyched out. In my mind I thought he was on AA, KK and I lose, or at best AK and we split.

Looking back at it I see now that I should have led out on the turn. But the way I saw it and felt the hand while playing was that if I called that $7 bet on the turn, it was going to be an expensive showdown, and I probably wouldn't like the result.

Let me know if this is terrible unprofitable thinking. Being burnt by the supertight with AK is something I have tried to avoid.

[cavman]

3/4 pot on turn, fold to raise. check/call river if a blank, check/fold if a spade (or call a small bet).

agree except that you have to bet river if blank.

No way... check/call is the way to go. You don't want to get raised on the river.

also, since we think he's on a draw, he's just gonna fold if we bet. but if we check, we might snap off a bluff