Aces in the hole, Kings on the board, 4 seeing the flop

[the alex]

Hand #6115290-11425 at Calabasas (No Limit Hold'em)
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Started at 03/Jun/05 22:25:58

SB is at seat 1 with $3.85.
BB is at seat 2 with $6.
UTG is at seat 3 with $11.
UTG+1 is at seat 4 with $7.55.
MP1 is at seat 5 with $12.62.
MP2 is at seat 6 with $2.04.
MP3 is at seat 7 with $17.
CO is at seat 8 with $10.60.
Button is at seat 9 with $9.

Hero is UTG with

Pre-flop:

Hero raises to $.50. 3 folds. MP3 calls.
CO calls. 2 folds. SB calls.

Flop (board: Kc 8h Kd):

SB checks. Hero_________.

Fill in the blank. The CO was playing a lot of hands and I had no read on MP3 or the SB. What am I doing here and what are my intentions?

[Beavis68]

bet 1/2 to 3/4 of the pot.


Fold to a big reraise.

[bonchkid]

bet $1.69. Fold to any raise. Need more details(who calls etc) for the turn.

[the alex]

With regards to intentions, what if I get called by one person? What if I get called by two? How am I approaching the turn and what cards decide make my turn action?

[bonchkid]

Make a small blocking bet on the turn. Looking to get raised really. I can't see him calling with much besides maybe JJ-TT.

[Tredigs]

In general in a position like this it might be a good idea to check. If there's a bet of anything less than the pot size then double his bet. A good check raise here will let you know exactly where you stand in the hand without blindly betting into a slow player throughout the hand.

[Marm]

I dont like checking here Tre.. you're either way ahead or way behind. Can't let anybody catch a set or funky two pair here. I like a blocking/feeler bet of abou 1/2 pot, and then if you get any callers, and depending on who called, either check the turn, or a similar sized bet.

[Scott]

I agree checking here would be a bad idea. Better to bet out and see where you stand rather than risk giving a free card. Personally I would be hoping to pick up the pot there and then so I'd bet about 3/4 the pot. If a player came over the top with a big reraise I'd probably have to throw the aces away.

[puddlejumper]

I dont like checking here Tre.. you're either way ahead or way behind. Can't let anybody catch a set or funky two pair here. I like a blocking/feeler bet of abou 1/2 pot, and then if you get any callers, and depending on who called, either check the turn, or a similar sized bet.

I agree with what you are saying, but what funky two pair are they going to catch that is better than alexs?

[Marm]

I agree with what you are saying, but what funky two pair are they going to catch that is better than alexs?

Ahha, good point, thats the low limit player in my squeaking "Beware the funky two pair..... BEWARE!"