Button 33

[zephed56]

Position-VP$IP
SB ------- 40%
BB ------- 16%
UTG+1 --- 60%
MP1 ------ 76%
MP2 ------ 58%
CO ------- 27%

Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (8 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif. CO posts a blind of $0.5.
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, CO (poster) checks, Hero calls, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (7 SB) T/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 3/images/graemlins/club.gif, 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(7 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, MP1 checks, <font color="CC3333">MP2 bets</font>, CO calls, Hero calls, SB calls, BB folds, UTG+1 calls, MP1 folds.

Turn: (6 BB) Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, UTG+1 checks, MP2 checks, CO checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, SB calls, UTG+1 calls, MP2 calls, CO calls.

River: (11 BB) 7/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, UTG+1 checks, MP2 checks, CO checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, SB folds, UTG+1 folds, MP2 calls, CO folds.

Final Pot: 13 BB
<font color="green">Main Pot: 13 BB, between MP2 and Hero.</font>

[sin808]

I'd raise the flop.

[Losfer]

I'm wondering why you don't raise the flop? Not saying that calling is wrong, just curious about the reasoning.

[zephed56]

I guess I didn't want to knock 4 players out. 2 of 'em were blinds.
Although one of them could have called 2 cold, they are fish after all. I don't know...
Should I be at all concerned about protecting my hand? I didn't think so at the time.

Question, does anybody prefer calling if I am to the immediate left of the flop raiser? Or should I raise in that spot anyways?

If there were another caller in between me and the flop raiser I would have raised.

[CWsports]

[ QUOTE ]
I'm wondering why you don't raise the flop? Not saying that calling is wrong, just curious about the reasoning.

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I think he may have called the flop in order to keep the 4 players after him in as they would have to call 2 cold. There weren't any decent draws on the flop so that's my guess.