Should I check this turn?

[TheGrinder]

I almost went on tilt after getting check raised, because I was strongly thinking about checking the turn and calling or folding the river unimproved. I bet, thinking that AK might be the best hand anyway and a free card could be dangerous. Well, I should have checked, because I could have had as many as 6 outs (or be drawing dead). No real reads, but SB seemed a little loose-semiaggressive.

What to do here with UI AK HU on turn when checked to?

a) bet and fold to a raise
b) bet and call a raise
c) check and fold the river UI
d) check and call any river

In b) you are hoping to have 6 outs, or hope that SB is just making a play on you, of course he could have a T and you'd be drawing dead. In d) AK could be the best hand if he bluffs the river.

Poker Stars
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $5/$10
5 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
2 folds, Button calls, SB calls, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises</font>, Button calls, SB calls.

Flop: 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (6SB, 3 players)
SB checks, <font color="#cc0000">Hero bets</font>, Button folds, SB calls.

Turn: 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (4BB, 2 players)
SB checks, <font color="#cc0000">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#cc0000">SB raises</font>, Hero folds.
Uncalled bets: 1BB returned to SB.

Results:
Final pot: 6BB

[Flintoff]

I do (d) a lot.

[TheGrinder]

Tonight I got twice check-raised on a paired board. The 2nd time I had something like TT on a 8-8-5 board, bet the turn and got raised and paid him off his 8. 3rd time I didn't want to do the same mistake and checked behind KK on a 3-3-4 board, well, this time the villain had A2, A fell on the river, he bet and I called and paid him off his free card draw. Maybe I should just always check behind when there is a pair on board, because I always make the wrong selection. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[TheGrinder]

Well in this AK hand I probably would have lost the same 1 big bet on the river had I checked the turn and called the river, or even more if A/K would have come and I would have raised.

[crippled foe]

with the board i would check. i can't see him holding anything other than a pair of fives, a set, or a flush draw. unless you have a read that he is ultra defensive in the blinds (and on a non club draw), i would on want to see one bet on the expensive streets. check and call if its a non club on the river.

[TheGrinder]

I thought he could have called the flop with just overcards and/or fd but I guess I just should have checked that board on the turn.