Should this have been an easy fold? (10 NL)

Long story short, after a series of over-extended (and eventually busted) BRs I'm restarting from scratch and planning on asking you guys when I come up to something that I'm not too sure about (maybe even ones I think I am sure about).

Villan is 66/13/1.61 after about a hundred hands. My stats for the table so far was 34/26/3.14.

My concern is about the turn play (I know, let me have it...). At the time I think I realized I was behind, but at the same time I'd convinced myself that I wanted to get it all in (that's where the min raising came from). Is that just the gambler in me thinking, or was I right to do this?

Also, is going AI after his Turn check a viable option here? Would it change anything?

My rational was if I was in fact behind, I can't fold here (first mistake?) but also that I could very well be ahead here against AxKh (is that giving too much credit?)

After the hand, I wasn't sure if I beat myself here (the nonsense on the Turn), or if I was destined to lose this pot.

I'd appreciate any input. This is at a 6max $10NL table on FullTilt, incase anyone's curious.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.05/$0.10
4 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $4.10
Hero: $17.25
SB: $14.40
BB: $3.15

Pre-flop: (4 players) Hero is Button with A:heart: K:club:
UTG folds, Hero raises to $0.4, SB calls, BB folds.

Flop: Q:heart: T:heart: J:heart: ($0.9, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1, SB calls.

Turn: A:club: ($2.9, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2, SB raises to $6, Hero raises to $12, SB raises all-in $13, Hero calls.

River: 6:diamond: ($28.9, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $28.9)


Results:
Final pot: $28.9

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It's fine. A lot of people will play this way with a naked king, and you'd love to get all-in against them because you'll either split the pot or win it if the river is a heart.

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Originally Posted by IowaSkinsFan

If you want an easy no pressure start go to www. performpoker..com, guaranteed not to lose money

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Don't do this, keep posting your hands in this forum and trying to learn. By the way I think 26% is way too many hands to raise for almost all players and it's certainly too many for a beginning player.

About the performance poker, I don't know if I couldn't handle playing cards to a chart like that.

I'm not exactly a beginner at this, but I'm definitely looking to learn how to play a consistently good game, rather than the ridiculous gamble-gamble-gamble version that I am so accustomed to :D


As for the OP, is the correct move here to go all in after his check? Does AxKh call me there, or am I pushing him out and only getting called by the made flush? That was rationale behind the small raises, that an Ace

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Originally Posted by sndp

About the performance poker, I don't know if I couldn't handle playing cards to a chart like that.

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I'd call that a leak. Fine if you don't like it as a system, but if you CAN'T face playing like that, and you like to gambool, and you've busted a few BRs you're letting your inner andreneline junkie run your game.

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I'm not exactly a beginner at this, but I'm definitely looking to learn how to play a consistently good game, rather than the ridiculous gamble-gamble-gamble version that I am so accustomed to :D

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Not sure what counts as a beginner these days. But look at it this way: if you're starting over, you're a beginner :)

Performance Poker won't help you unless you switch to full-ring; which is a good way of learning to play tighter.
But assuming you want short-handed then why not check out Renton's strat post . Certainly may help in getting your pf stats in order.

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As for the OP, is the correct move here to go all in after his check? Does AxKh call me there, or am I pushing him out and only getting called by the made flush? That was rationale behind the small raises, that an Ace

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I think the straight would have to call even if you pushed and you could still pick that pot up.
But I think your line looks fine. There's no hand out there you can't outdraw on the river (except K9h) and you have the nut-straight already; if you lost it I'd just chalk that up to variance.

Yeah, I can't disagree that it might be a leak.

Villan showed down 84 of Hearts, btw.