Correct Laydown?

Here is a hand I played earlier that I think was the right play...

Playing 1/2 NL. I have the big stack with about $600. I had been at the table about an hour and half and was rolling along, up 400 bucks. I had taken command of the table and people had taken notice. I was taking down pots easily.

That being said, I picked up AKos on the button. There was a couple middle limpers and then the player two off the button, a good player with a healthy stack, raised 4x the BB to $8. I called the extra $7 and the others folded. Pot at about 20-25 bucks going to the flop.

(BTW, I was contemplating a re-raise pre-flop but figuring he was a solid player with a substantial raise and I was unsuited, a call was more in order.)

Flop comes A x x rainbow. The other guy checks, and I fire out a pot sized bet. He quickly calls. Pot $65 or so.

The turn is another blank, a 9 if I remember correctly. I dont think this card helped him in any way. It didnt put any straight/flush draws on the board. He immediately fires out a $45 dollar bet.

At this point, I am a little confused. Going back to his play thus far, I know a) He must have had something good pre-flop to raise 4xBB and b) He checked and then smooth-called my pot sized flop bet. Now he is throwing out a nice sized bet on the turn following a card that likely didnt help him.

So I think a while and it makes sense to me that he is holding rockets or, at the minimum, flopped a set of something else and was slowplaying them knowing an ace is on the board. That explains his preflop raise and smooth call on the flop. With the board showing no straights or flush draws, he was able to allow me to take control of the betting.

That being said, I laid down my hand. He didn't show me his hand.

Do you think this was the correct play? Did I make a good read or overthink myself?

You need to raise preflop. As played, his flop bet is a tiny bet, not "niced sized". I'd call turn and fold to a big river bet, small river bet would be kinda meh. But yeah please please please just raise preflop you have the 3rd best hand in the game.

i agree preflop raise was in order.hard laydown with no str8 or flush draws.coulda been playin a-9 and hit second pair too.chances are he figured he could push u off which happened.was small enough bet that if he got reraised he could get away from.mighta been good call but...... now we'll never know lol.

Sounds like a good lay down to me. He could have just been making a play here, but I think its important in these situations to trust your reads. I'd keep an eye out on his play going forward and hopefully you can take the pot from him next time.

You had a read and went with it. Something did seem fishy, especially as it was a small raise with 2 previous limpers.
I agree with Zach definately should have been raised pre-flop, you had a very good hand with position and you want to play that spot for raises. Very likely he would have come after you pre-flop or on it if you had.
I would have called the turn to see what happens on the river and throw it to a big bet if you still only had TPTK. Still you may have saved yourself some monies.

I can't see anything wrong with that play. I agree the preflop raise to set the tone.

All in all I think you lost the least possible. The main thing is you thought it out and were happy with the fold. Great read and a good play in my books.

I would think AQ would play that the same way, maybe even AK.

You called the preflop raise, but didnt reraise, so he can't put you on AK,

I call the turn,. $160 pot or so, then see what he does with that much money in the middle, some poor players will get scared and check even a set just to make sure they are not setting themselves up for a big loss.

If the river is an all in then I would fold, no need to risk another $100+ on one pair.

so $8, $28, $45 = $81 isn't a ton of money to lose on AK in this situation\

I think a call is best then to re-evaluate your opponent after the river comes...

--Sidenote:

You say you're in the BTN, but you told us you called $7 in a 1/2 game, sounds like small blind to me, sketchy details with even more sketchy recollection of events.