Pocket 9's. I don't like the way I played 'em.

[fluxrad]

Specifically, I called the flop to keep customers but I felt a little lost on the turn.

Paradise Poker 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/club.gif.
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, CO calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls, UTG calls, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 3-bets</font>, CO folds, Hero calls, BB calls, UTG calls.

Flop: (13.40 SB) 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, J/images/graemlins/club.gif, T/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 bets</font>, Hero calls, BB calls, UTG calls.

Turn: (8.70 BB) J/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB 3-bets</font>, UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls.

River: (15.70 BB) 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 17.70 BB

[Shillx]

Good god why did you call the river? Edit it before the masses see it. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Brad

[caggin]

I think I'd raise the flop to try for a free card. The pot's already pretty big, maybe you can get rid of a 7 or Q, improving your chances if a 9 comes. Why did you raise the turn?

[Nick Royale]

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I think I'd raise the flop to try for a free card.

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Caggin, I think you're raising to much to get free cards. In this spot I don't think we'll buy outs very often, and if we do it will only be 2. That's equivalent with 8% of the pot which in this case is 1.2 SB. If you would succeed to buy 2 out 20% of the time you're buying 0.23 SB (+ 8% of the additional bets going into the pot on later streets). That's not much when investing an extra SB.

This is a case where I would like to "keep custumers".
I would ony raise if i think there's a reasonable chance I'm ahead and in that case I wouldn't take a free card on the turn anyway.

[pointcount]

i call the flop &amp; turn and fold the river.