NL25: AK makes 2 pair against a guy who is not scared

[Jurrr]

Villain is 73/18/1 over just 11 hands. He seems utterly unconcerned that we 3-bet his raise and keep on betting.

Value bet or check behind?

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
10 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $25.65
UTG+1: $27.20
UTG+2: $5
MP1: $10.60
MP2: $48.55
MP3: $31.25
CO: $29.35
Hero: $24.50
SB: $25.20
BB: $10.60

Pre-flop: (10 players) Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
4 folds, <font color="#cc0000">MP2 raises to $1.25</font>, 2 folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $3.75</font>, 2 folds, MP2 calls.

Flop: 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($7.85, 2 players)
MP2 checks, <font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $4</font>, MP2 calls.

Turn: K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($15.85, 2 players)
MP2 checks, <font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $8</font>, MP2 calls.

River: Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($31.85, 2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero...?

[MataWispar]

push

[SirFelixCat]

How is there any option other than push?

[Jurrr]

OK, now I've gone to the utter nittiness extreme [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]. Darned. "How can he not know that I have either AA/KK/AK/QQ?". I'm zigging and zagging at tottally the wrong times.

OMG the monsters... they're everywhere!

[ronaldann]

Yes, a push is super standard with these short stacks. If you were deeper naturally you should valuebet instead. A large overbet in that case would fold out all hands except those who beats you.

[Jurrr]

I couldn't put him on a hand that would call that I can beat so I CHECKED BEHIND. Yes, I really sometimes am that stupid. I looked up his stats only afterwards, that contributed. He had A9o BTW.

[LearningCurve]

I frequently suffer from MUBS too. It's something I'm working very hard to overcome. It's rooted in the belief that villains should be playing in a manner which makes sense. However, that would assume they actually know what they are doing when, generally, they don't. If I can just internalize that, I think I'll become more confident in extracting the maximum possible value from my hands.