Playing AK and Continuation betting
I don't consider myself a beginner neccessarily, but I don't play at a hugely successful level either. Anyway I am playing pretty low stakes no limit holdem. I have run in to a problem of getting AK or AQ a lot lately and completely missing my flop. I would call it a fairly average no limit game, sometimes 3 or 4 players to see the flop. Some seem to be pretty solid players others will pretty much call anything. I am mostly having problems out of position(of course). My usual course of action is to raise 3 to 4 times the big bling preflop. If the flop comes with junk I will typically make a raise of half to 3/4 of the pot. I will get called by one player usually. My next course of action, would be my next question. If I miss the turn as well, am I very wrong for putting in more money after the turn. I feel I have missed my hand and I should check and fold. I figure I'm either beat or avoiding a trap by doing this. I would like your thoughts on the issue please.