Is this line ok? (PP $20+2)

[EricW]

***** Hand History for Game 2720020042 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:15780901 Level:2 Blinds(15/30) - Friday, September 16, 03:00:34 EDT 2005
Table Table 13833 (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: VeryBigNutz ( $715 )
Seat 2: Toolchest ( $915 )
Seat 3: PtownPlaya12 ( $1375 )
Seat 4: smoltzie14 ( $1280 )
Seat 5: mcgfull ( $755 )
Seat 7: iWantBobaTea ( $1425 )
Seat 8: Hero ( $790 )
Seat 10: Borat88 ( $745 )
Trny:15780901 Level:2
Blinds(15/30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Qd Qc ]
PtownPlaya12 folds.
smoltzie14 folds.
smoltzie14: what
mcgfull folds.
iWantBobaTea folds.
Hero raises [80].
Borat88 folds.
VeryBigNutz folds.
Toolchest calls [50].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8s, 6s, Td ]
Toolchest: he flopped the straight too... I feel bad, that sucks when that happens.
Toolchest checks.
Hero bets [175].
Toolchest calls [175].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jd ]
smoltzie14: yes
Toolchest checks.
Hero is all-In [535]



I encounter these situations all too often - the turn is a potential draw completing card. Is this too aggressive?

[unreal_nh]

raise more pf... otherwise looks fine

[lorinda]

You need to look at the likelihood of the draw compared to the liklihood of the other draws.

Here, Q9 and JT are the only hands that have improved, while any spades have not. JQ has just run into trouble.
If you were beaten before, you are still beaten... nothing you can do about that.

Since it is more likely that the draw will be spades than the hands mentioned (and we have a shot against JT anyway) your play seems fine to me.

There are also now many many other draws lying around. You can't afford to give freebies at this point.

Lori