AKo $5NL FR

[jterry]

No stats on Villain. Can I muck AK here?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.04 BB (8 handed) - Party-Poker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($9.22)
UTG ($3.10)
UTG+1 ($7.38)
MP1 ($4.23)
Hero (MP2) ($5)
CO ($3.44)
Button ($5.88)
villain (SB) ($5)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A, K
2 folds, UTG+1 calls $0.04, Hero raises $0.20, 2 folds, BB calls $0.18, villain calls $0.16, UTG+1 calls $0.16

Flop: ($0.80) K, 6, 7 (4 players)
BB checks, villain bets $0.76, 1 fold, Hero raises $1.52, 1 fold, villain calls $0.76

Turn: ($3.84) 9 (2 players)
villain raises to $3.28 (All-In), Hero calls $3.28 (All-In)

River: ($10.40) Q (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $10.40

[badgers]

just call flop, especially if you aren't sure if you want to commit.

[Deanglow]

actually badbeat forum is better

[daven]

this is not a serious attempt at defining villain's range...
but, assume his range after the flop donk bet is 66/77/ak/kq/kj

on the flop villain's possible hand combinations include
3 combos of 66
3 combos of 77
6 combos of ak
8 combos of kq
8 combos of kj

so you're ahead more often than behind, so re-raising the flop seems good to me. But don't min-raise here, boost it to $2.30 at least.

[speedcake]

the multiple callers preflop bloated the pot to where any PSB and call on flop creates a large pot given remaining stack sizes and your hand, IMO unless you know villain well, keep the betting small. Any raise of that flop bet creates a dangerous situation for one pair where further betting can get you committed to the pot.

[jterry]

With TPTK against a donk lead, I'm thinking a medium pair, possiblly a set, or if he's crazy enough, any 2 pair. In this hand, I was not putting Villain on a straight draw, but I was leaning more towards 88-JJ. Do I just smoot call here, and see what Villain does on the turn? Or do I raise it up to a PSB?

I'm thinking that raising it up 3x the original raise would be a better line. But my hand is still just TPTK.