AKo hand that I butchered 25NL FR

[crazymoose]

I had roughly 30-40 hands on villain.. he is loose pf and aggro pf.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

CO ($25)
Button ($44.91)
SB ($24.75)
BB ($16.35)
UTG ($20.40)
Hero ($36.65)
UTG+2 ($5.98)
MP1 ($25.44)
MP2 ($46.43)
MP3 ($5.36)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. CO posts a blind of $0.25. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $1</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, CO (poster) calls $0.75, Button calls $1, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

</font> <font color="blue">Make a standardish open, get a few callers. </font>

Flop: ($3.35) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, CO checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets $1</font>, Hero calls $1, CO calls $1.

<font color="blue"> Lots of times I will continuation bet here but chose not to this time (does it make the hand easier if I do?). His bet amount seemed wierd to me for some reason so I decide to see a turn card (this good or bad?). </font>

Turn: ($6.35) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>

Hero?

[briankosydar]

I'd check/raise the turn.

[crazymoose]

Why checkraise instead of lead? To get another "bet" out of him?

[cambraceres]

You have two overs, cbet this flop. One of your cards hit, but don't wait for that in this spot. As played it isn't bad that you continued in the hand after that "weird" bet from villain. Villain's lag style means a rr on the flop could be profitable, something to think about.

Cam

[crazymoose]

Ok.. here is what actually happened on the turn.. I thought about chk/raising but decided to lead instead.. spots like this give me a lot of trouble.

Turn: ($6.35) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $3.33</font>, CO folds, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to $9.66</font>, Hero????

[wyrd]

Fold. QT or KJ seem likely here.

[kbinder]

I think you have an easy fold after the turn raise. Now the weak flop bet reeks of a poorly played set, and villain has decided that he doesn't want people drawing to the flush.

Unless you have a good read on villain, you can't call this bet. If you call, you have a very difficult decision to make on the river. If you raise, you're betting at least half your stack, so you can't be worried about getting the rest in on the river. Even at NL25, I'm not willing to go to the felt with TPTK.