Re: AK hand help
You should raise more preflop. In a live game, after 4 limpers, 5x the bb isn't nearly enough with a hand as strong as yours. Make it at least 40 to go.
Your flop bet of $35 into a $100 pot is pretty much completely useless. Nobody is folding a good flush draw with those odds. Most live players will probably call with a weaker flush draw and some other piece of the board too. Make it at least $75 on the flop, you'll figure out where you stand much better. And if nobody caught the flop well, you'll probably take it down right there.
Turn check isn't great either (giving free cards on this board... not so good), but since you still have no idea where you stand, I don't think its terrible to keep the pot small. Of course, it leaves you open for:
river bluffs. You could call this river, as he could be on a very wide range at this point. Much of his range is bluffed draws, KQ/KJ, maybe a smaller pair like TT or 99.
Folding isn't terrible though, as you're not getting great odds, and there are lots of things out there that could beat you (since your small bets gave them every chance to do so.)
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