Loose preflop call...

[jordanx]

Loose table, not too aggressive pre-flop. Since CO Posted I figured there were a good 3 more bets coming in behind me so I make this loose call.

I made a mistake with the flop raise here? Should have just called to encourage more people to stay in? What I was actually thinking was that I wanted to thin the field a bit on the futile hopes my 5's could hold up.

Paradise Poker 2/4 Hold'em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif. CO posts a blind of $2.
<font color="666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, Hero calls, CO (poster) checks, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (7 SB) K/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(7 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, MP1 checks, <font color="CC3333">MP2 bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, CO folds, SB folds, BB folds, UTG+1 calls, MP1 folds, MP2 calls.

Turn: (6.50 BB) K/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, <font color="CC3333">MP2 bets</font>, Hero calls, UTG+1 calls.

River: (9.50 BB) A/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, <font color="CC3333">MP2 bets</font>, Hero folds, UTG+1 calls.

Final Pot: 11.50 BB
<font color="green">Main Pot: 11.50 BB, between UTG+1 and MP2.</font>

[Evan]

I would fold preflop but the call isn't awful. Having the poster behind you makes it better too.

The flop raise sucks, the last thing you want to do is get this pot heads up oe 3 handed.

Rest is standard.

[helpmeout]

yuck

preflop is way too loose you probably want 2 more callers here at least or a better hand like T9s

What are you thinking on the flop? you want callers. Raising here knocks everyone out. A flush is a big hand when you make it you want to collect money from everyone on the table not just the guy with TPTK.

[Evan]

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preflop is way too loose

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I would fold 100% of the time but its really not that bad, especially with the poster in the CO.

[jordanx]

Okay, thanks for the comments, I butchered this hand.

The saddest part were the results:

MP3 shows Q /images/graemlins/diamond.gif 6 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif
UTG + 1 shows J /images/graemlins/heart.gif 3 /images/graemlins/heart.gif

[helpmeout]

Those are damn good results, would you rather them betting with legit hands?

[jordanx]

The results made me realize that I needed to stop playing because:
1)I didn't realize I was up against two extraordinarily poor players and
2)I was still kicking myself for pushing everyone out on the flop and
3)I was too busy watching the Mavs-Heat game I guess.

This was a great table though. 55% saw flop, pots were gigantic.