Missed raise or proper slow play...YOU DECIDE!

[fluxrad]

No reads since these guys come and go rather often and I don't have the scratch to buy PT. Should I have raised this flop or is this a correct slowplay (this is the part of my game where I think I try to get too cute. sorry if this post is obvious).

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Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, CO calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (5 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, UTG folds, Hero calls, CO folds, SB folds.

Turn: (3.50 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, BB calls.

River: (7.50 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB folds.

Final Pot: 8.50 BB

[jrz1972]

This is fine.

With a ragged flop like this, an immediate raise is very likely to kill off your action. The pot is very small. You would love for overcards to hang around and possibly improve on the turn. All things considered, this looks like a good time to slowplay.

The only real worry is that you miss a bet from an OESD that would have called you on the flop (unlikely and no big deal) or that a gutshot hangs around and draws out on you (though the lead-off bet should be enough to protect your hand from this anyway).

[chaz64]

No PF raise = small pot = slow play with this hand, typically for me anyway.

[Thigh]

I'm sorry, my conventional wisdom is to not slow play, although I did find myself doing this the other day when I flopped a FH, A's full of K's. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

Be that as it may, I can see no reason to slow play here. I could care less if the pot is small. You've got five players in, and a board that's looking like a good straight. I'm jamming the flop here. All the way. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[JSHamm]

[ QUOTE ]
...when I flopped a flush, A's full of K's. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

[/ QUOTE ]

please teach me how to do that...the coveted full house-flush [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

[Thigh]

Hahahahahaha...very freakin' funny. Let me go edit that. That would be an awesome hand though, wouldn't it. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

[JSHamm]

To be fair, after a few beers, that's how I read the board anyway lol [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[Thigh]

Hey, I wonder if that has anything to do with the fact that my BB/100 goes down proportionately with the amount of liquor I drink. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]