i shouldve bet the flop here right?

[Noodles]

-----HAND 5------ totalbetpoker (crypto) this table wasnt too aggro

Game #88065934: Texas Hold'em Limit ($1/$2) - 2004/08/08 - 14:06:25 (GMT)

Table "Amethysts" Seat 7 is the button.

Seat 1: Geor19087 ($83.50 in chips)

Seat 2: Roots0606 ($64 in chips)

Seat 3: Drewy26 ($63.25 in chips)

Seat 4: KissMaAce ($30.50 in chips)

Seat 5: xenophon ($84.50 in chips)

Seat 6: Sanoj77 ($38 in chips)

Seat 7: Sleepy004 ($130 in chips)

Seat 8: Noodles ($100 in chips)

Seat 9: Nath04114 ($26 in chips)

Seat 10: moondogg ($30 in chips)

Duckegg: posts small blind $0.50

Nath04114: posts big blind $1

----- HOLE CARDS -----

dealt to Noodles [Jd Jh]

moondogg: folds

Geor19087: calls $1

Roots0606: calls $1

Drewy26: folds

KissMaAce: calls $1

xenophon: folds

Sanoj77: calls $1

Sleepy004: calls $1

Noodles: raises $1.50

Nath04114: folds

Geor19087: calls $1

Roots0606: calls $1

KissMaAce: calls $1

Sanoj77: calls $1

Sleepy004: calls $1

----- FLOP ----- [Qc Ad 8d]

Noodles: checks

I just went wimpy here.but what if i bet out and someone raises? It could be a draw raise,so what to do here?

Geor19087: checks

Roots0606: checks

KissMaAce: checks

Sanoj77: checks

Sleepy004: checks

----- TURN ----- [Qc Ad 8d][2c]

Noodles: bets $2

Geor19087: calls $2

Roots0606: folds

KissMaAce: folds

Sanoj77: calls $2

Sleepy004: calls $2

----- RIVER ----- [Qc Ad 8d 2c][3c]

Noodles: bets $2

Geor19087: folds

Sanoj77: calls $2

Sleepy004: raises $4

Duckegg: folds

Sanoj77: calls $2

----- SHOW DOWN -----

Say i bet the flop and call a raise do i just check/call down to the river then
Sorry about the format

[zram21]

Yes you should have bet the flop.

If you get raised I would call and then check/fold the turn if you don't improve or pick up another card on your flush or straight draws.

[Befolder]

With 5 other players in with you, you can not bet this flop with any kind of safety. It's a rarity that nobody would already have you beat.

If you do bet and get raised, you must fold right there. Five players, somebody already has you behind.

Befolder

[Octopus]

Third pair and a couple backdoor draws would be an easy check-fold if the pot weren't so big. In any case, even if we do have the best hand, betting here does little to protect it: gut shots, bottom pair, etc., all have the odds to call along.

I think the right strategy here (on the flop) is check planning to fold to a bet and a raise, and planning to raise a late position bettor if we are first to act. If I am last to act after a bet and some callers, I have just enough to take a look at the turn. If there are more left to act behind me, it depends on how likely I think a check-raise is, but I'm leaning toward folding.

If I am now not heads up with the bettor, I'd fold the turn unimproved. Heads up, I check-call it down.

Even after it is checked around, I continue to doubt you have the best hand. Still, you probably have to bet the turn. On the river, I think that the risk of a raise combined with the lack of worse hands which will call (and the fact that I STILL think we are likely behind to Ax or Qx, if not better) make this a check-call.