fflyer
06-19-2005, 09:55 AM
What is the correct action in this situation? Sorry I can't convert the hand, but it was played at Pacific and I don't see any way to re-create the hand from that site.
I was on the button with Ad 4d at at a loose 2-4 table and there were five limpers to me. I raised in order to increase the size of the pot if my flush draw materialised. The blinds folded as did one of the limpers (!), and the rest called. That meant that there were just under twelve SBs in the pot when 10d 7c 2d flopped. The first three players checked and the player to my right bet. I just called without thinking as I wanted to keep the other players in the hand in case the flush hit and did not want to scare them off by raising. After the hand was played however I started to wonder whether it would be correct to raise in this situation in the hope of scaring off any lurkers with an A and a better kicker than me. That would improve my chances of winning if an ace flopped and I would not be so dependent on a diamond appearing. Given that the pot was already fairly large, would that be a better line than simply calling the bet to my right? Would the small extra chance of winning the hand by raising outweigh the potential loss of customers if I hit my flush? The more I think about it the more I think I should have raised, but any comments would be appreciated.
I was on the button with Ad 4d at at a loose 2-4 table and there were five limpers to me. I raised in order to increase the size of the pot if my flush draw materialised. The blinds folded as did one of the limpers (!), and the rest called. That meant that there were just under twelve SBs in the pot when 10d 7c 2d flopped. The first three players checked and the player to my right bet. I just called without thinking as I wanted to keep the other players in the hand in case the flush hit and did not want to scare them off by raising. After the hand was played however I started to wonder whether it would be correct to raise in this situation in the hope of scaring off any lurkers with an A and a better kicker than me. That would improve my chances of winning if an ace flopped and I would not be so dependent on a diamond appearing. Given that the pot was already fairly large, would that be a better line than simply calling the bet to my right? Would the small extra chance of winning the hand by raising outweigh the potential loss of customers if I hit my flush? The more I think about it the more I think I should have raised, but any comments would be appreciated.