Thank you Abdul-


I chose to cold call on the flop (ala Mason?) in order to wait for the turn. The pot was big enough to where most draws would've been correct to call even had I raised the flop. There was also the chance I was beat. But if a safe card came on the turn, I'd have raised hoping to check it down while charging draws the max. If a flush turned, I thought I'd save money.


I very much agree with you about the lack of aces. However, I called the two cold on the turn because my hand was never properly defined. I felt it was quite possible a worse ace could've made this raise not realizing the strength of my hand. It was also entirely possible that I was beat, but by a hand which I still had sufficient outs to try to draw out on.


On the river, there was little chance my hand was any good for a bet and another raise. I just hated the way this hand turned out from beginning to end. Thanks for your input.