10NL KK and an ace flops. How to play???

[wire]

He didn't 4 bet preflop, so I couldn't put him on AA. I put villain on QQ, JJ, maybe AK too. Ace flops and he bets weak. Have to call this, right?

After his turn check, I figured I was good. So I put him all in on the river. How's my play?

Full Tilt Poker, $0.05/$0.10 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 9 Players
LegoPoker Hand History Converter

MP1: $10
MP2: $2.05
CO: $6.80
BTN: $4.60
SB: $19.10
BB: $15.60
UTG: $2.50
Hero (UTG+1): $10
UTG+2: $9.70

MP1 posts $0.10
Pre-Flop: K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] dealt to Hero (UTG+1)
UTG folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $0.40</font>, 3 folds, <font color="red">CO raises to $0.80</font>, 3 folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $2</font>, CO calls $1.20

Flop: ($4.25) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players)
Hero checks, <font color="red">CO bets $2</font>, Hero calls $2

Turn: ($8.25) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players)
Hero checks, CO checks

River: ($8.25) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets $2.90</font>, CO calls $2.80 and is All-In

[illini43]

I would raise a little more preflop - to $2.50 or so. He will have roughly a pot-sized bet left in his stack on the flop.

His range is much wider than JJ-QQ, AK I would say. I would say its probably more like 99-AA, ATs+, AJo+. You have 40% equity against this range - if he pushes on the flop, you would have about 2:1 odds, more than enough to call with 40% equity.

As played, folding seems super-weak and he just committed 40% of his remaining stack, so I would RRAI on the flop.

[gman339]

I think you have to lead on flop. Otherwise you have no idea if his bet behind is an A or just a steal attempt. By 3betting pre-flop and then checking the flop it makes it fairly obvious that you have a big pocket pair that's afraid of an A. As played, I c/c river.

[CaptVimes]

3 bet bigger preflop. 2.50-2.75

Check/call the flop. Anything in his range that you beat is going to fold if you c-bet. I think you played this hand fine. Villain's stack makes it pretty much impossible to get away from the river with the equity you have against his range.

[ElectricWaffles]

I'd agree with the bigger preflop raise. I think around 3x his bet is good because it strikes a balance between allowing him to call with hands you beat and getting more money in the middle.

Originally I would have said that you need to CBet the flop around $3.

However I think CaptVimes has a really good point; a CBet folds out pretty much folds out anything you beat, but if he calls/raises you're pretty much committed to getting AI when you're probably behind.

I'll remember that =) sweet. Well played.

Edit: I think it might be a good idea to post the limit you're playing at in the thread title. E.g. 'NL10 - KK but ace on flop' or whatever