Sudden tightness at very loose 2/4 table.

[MastiffPaul]

Table has been especially loose preflop until this point. I didn't think a raise preflop would limit the field. I'm concerned about my preflop and river plays. Comments?

Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
Hero calls, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, Button calls, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, BB checks.

Flop: (4.50 SB) Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 6/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 folds, Button calls, BB folds.

Turn: (3.25 BB) J/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Button calls.

River: (5.25 BB) 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Button raises</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 9.25 BB
<font color="green">Main Pot: 9.25 BB, between Button and Hero.</font>

[bisonbison]

You must raise preflop for value. If the table is loose, dominated hands will call and you will make money.

postflop is routine.

[cold_cash]

A raise pre-flop probably wouldn't have limited the field, which means people will be cold-calling with crap.

After the pre-flop mistake I think you played it the only way you could have.

[challenger84]

You're not raising preflop to limit the field. You're raising preflop so the jokers who were going to call one bet with A8o and Q6s will now call two bets with those same hands.