Raising to free up outs?

[Chairman Wood]

Is this a good play/bad play in this situation? Am I freeing up outs and making a good play or just throwing money in the air? Is the pot too small? Would this be a better play in a bigger pot?
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Preflop: Hero is BB with 9/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button calls, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (4 SB) 7/images/graemlins/club.gif, 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif, T/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, MP1 calls, Button calls, SB calls.

Turn: (6 BB) 6/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, MP1 checks, Button checks.

River: (6 BB) 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP1 calls, Button folds, SB folds.

Final Pot: 8 BB

[ewile]

I'm at your table right now. I want my $$ back. That set of aces was brutal.

[sfer]

Pot's small, I have no hand, so I fold and ponder the mysteries of the universe. Or make some tea.

[Chairman Wood]

Not sure which one that was did I hit aces full of twos and you had AK or something?

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Pot's small, I have no hand, so I fold and ponder the mysteries of the universe. Or make some tea.

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green tea I hope..helps with the wisdom and teeth.

Oh ya..and fold the flop.

[Chairman Wood]

Or go to the bar. Would it make sense if there were say 9 SB in the pot? In general if the pot were big enough is this a time to raise to free up outs?

[ewile]

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Not sure which one that was did I hit aces full of twos and you had AK or something?

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exactly /images/graemlins/mad.gif

[Chairman Wood]

Sadly that was one of the few good hands for me tonight. I was sitting at some great tables and couldn't do much. Got sucked out on a lot... played poorly a couple of times e.g. this hand. Oh well, off to the bar