Ideas on 10+1 hand?

[PokerAmateur4]

***** Hand History for Game 2519968654 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:14759699 Level:4 Blinds(50/100) - Thursday, August 11, 23:31:32 EDT 2005
Table Table 19578 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 5: Hero ( $2390 )
Seat 7: uofmcraz27 ( $930 )
Seat 1: thirdogg ( $1630 )
Seat 2: Lusweelz ( $530 )
Seat 6: DannyJS ( $2520 )
Trny:14759699 Level:4
Blinds(50/100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Ah 8h ]
DannyJS folds.
uofmcraz27: good bet
uofmcraz27 folds.
thirdogg raises [350].
Lusweelz folds.
Hero calls [250].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4s, 8s, 3h ]
Hero bets [500].
thirdogg is all-In [1280]
Hero calls [780].

Edit: ok citanul

[citanul]

huh? what's a 5k hand?

edit, aside from apparently a table you have options at.

I would fold preflop. You are in a strong position, and can afford to pick your spots. No need to get involved here.

[nate_king1]

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I would fold preflop. You are in a strong position, and can afford to pick your spots. No need to get involved here.

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[ZBTHorton]

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I would fold preflop. You are in a strong position, and can afford to pick your spots. No need to get involved here.

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[tigerite]

Yeah. You played it crap.

[lastchance]

The call preflop is really bad. You're out of position, that's a nice raise, and it's a big pot with little implied odds.

I think that's where you screwed up the most. On the flop, you can either push, or check-push, depending on reads. I prefer pushing because who knows what donks do...

[PokerAmateur4]

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On the flop, you can either push, or check-push, depending on reads. I prefer pushing because who knows what donks do...

[/ QUOTE ] Why are these the only two options. I would like to bet here, but why discourage the opponent with such a large bet when his odds of sucking you out with a pair aren't very large.

[lastchance]

Because there's no way you're getting away from a raise here, and turns can make the hand pretty tricky. I want overs to get priced out.

The push is barely 2x pot. Villain has so little behind.

I don't want to give implied odds or anything to overs. This pot is worth taking down right now.

[45suited]

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The call preflop is really bad. You're out of position, that's a nice raise, and it's a big pot with little implied odds.

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I hate the preflop call as well. Don't do stuff like this and you can avoid alot of tricky decisions later.