AK, TPTK VS river push?

[K-mac]

I had no reads as the villian just sat down a few hands ago.

As it was played, i thought that the flop was good for my hand but as i go to the river i was really uncomfortable playing in a really big pot with just top pair to kicker.

Do i need learn how to control pot size?

Did i misplay this anywhere?


Seat 1: ($57.65 in chips)
Seat 2: ($78.36 in chips)
Seat 3: ($43.5 in chips)
Seat 4: ($101.12 in chips)
Seat 5: ($58.25 in chips)
Seat 6: ($56.05 in chips)

Seat 2: Post SB $0.25
Seat 3: Post BB $0.5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]] ($57.65 in chips)
Seat 4: Fold
Seat 5: Fold
Seat 6: Fold
Hero : Raise $2
SB : Call $1.75
BB : Call $1.5
*** FLOP ***($6.00) [5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]]
SB : Check
BB : Check
Hero : Bet $5
SB : Fold
BB : Call $5
*** TURN ***($16.00) [5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]]
BB : Check
Hero : Bet $12
BB : Call $12
*** RIVER *** ($40.00)[5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]]
BB : Allin $24.5
Hero :? I have him covered (i had about $28.00 left behind)

What does this river donk mean, and am i beat most times?

[mudgey]

The only likely holdings that I can see are 55, 99, KQ, and maybe AA, QQ or JJ (although they probably would have been reraised PF)...I think here most of the time you are up against a set of 5's or 9's......fold

As played, I think checking behind on the turn would have been a better option....I helps to control the pot size since there are no obvious draws on the board.....

[goofyballer]

As much as I don't like this, I can't possibly fold for barely over 1/2 pot. This seems to me like a really bizarre line for a set...he could have JT or 98 a decent amount of the time, I think. I don't understand what other two pair or set would wait for the river to pop it.

[mudgey]

do you think that JT or 98 would have called the flop bet? maybe.......

[goofyballer]

With no reads, "maybe" is right, we can't make the assumption that villain is actually any good. I mean, he did take a really odd line with a set, if he does in fact have one. To me the crux of this is the fact that open-pushing the river just screams "I missed my draw" most of the time...or maybe I'm just running good on my river-bluff-snap-offs recently, I don't know.