AKs against TAG

[mongidig]

live 9 handed 20-40 game. I have a tight but perhaps weak image. I have been raising quite a bit preflop but completely missing on the flop and check folding or bet folding. I have been running pretty badly.

My opponent is running great and hitting every hand he plays. He he is TAG and seems to be playing pretty straight forward. I haven't played much with him but my best guess is that his reraising hands are TT-AA, AK in this situation. I don't think he is isolating me.

I raise UTG with AhKh, it is folded to him on the button and he reraises, all fold to me and I make it four bets(By the way, I have seen him make it 5 bets with QQ, however, this was against a very laggy player). He just calls.

The flop: Jc8c6h.

I bet he calls(At this point I put him on AK or possibly a big pocket pair which he intends on raising the turn with).

The turn: Jc8c6h4s

I bet and he calls.

The river: Jc8c6h4s5c

What is my play? Check-call, check-fold, bet-fold? or something else?

Is my preflop 4bet correct or should I have just smooth called?

[AragornX151]

c/c as played.

[cdlarmore]

i like check call alot more than bet, because getting raised eats hard, we kind of need to showdown, and based on read, he is folding unless ur beat.

[AragornX151]

based on description, I can't see how he calls with a hand you beat. You're really hoping he has AK too, maaaybe AQ (with clubs is more likely).

[cgrohman]

There is no hand you beat that calls a bet (maaaaybe AQ). You split it if he has AK. Therefore, it is a check. Whether you call on the end depends on whehter this opponent would ever bet with a worse, or the same hand. In general, a good player will not bet the river here with a hand that does not beat yours, so normally I think its a fold.

[jba]

check and hope he checks behind with his tens.

[MitchL]

I dont mind bet/fold.

[rafiki]

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check and hope he checks behind with his tens.

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So hope we lose ? lol

[jba]

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check and hope he checks behind with his tens.

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So hope we lose ? lol

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we will never win money on this river. we can only hope to lose the minimum.

your replies are tired and usually bad. put a little more thought into them.

[n.s.]

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I dont mind bet/fold.

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Normally I'd say this is a pretty good line, mostly just because we are hoping to get him to fold another AK and save us half the pot. In this particular situation, though, I don't like it. Villain has been running hot so he's got lots of chips and probably feels pretty invisible. Combine that with hero's weak-tight image, and I think the chances are too high that he might bluff-raise us.

So I say check/call the river.