suited connectors...I think I hate my line
 

I liked it at the time but when I look at it now I think it's bloody awful. Thoughts? I usually don't play SCs but I was in LP and thought it was time for a change of pace.

Woday is 21/7 and is the one I wanted to get up against considering stack sizes. Pata is new to the table.

***** Hand History for Game 2865397887 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, October 28, 00:28:04 EDT 2005
Table Table 36553 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: Pata83 ( $104.60 )
Seat 6: wodayjoday ( $242.40 )
Seat 5: Big_Shiz ( $106.60 )
Pata83 posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Big_Shiz [ 9 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] T [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ]
Big_Shiz calls [$1].
wodayjoday raises [$4].
davidsverige calls [$3.50].
Pata83 calls [$3].
Big_Shiz calls [$3].--easy call considering the POs.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ] POT $16
davidsverige checks.
Pata83 checks.
Big_Shiz checks.
wodayjoday bets [$12].
davidsverige folds.
Pata83 raises [$30].
Big_Shiz calls [$30].--seriously debated folding here, probably should have but I have 9 outs to a flush, 6 to a straight and 2 more to a 3 of a kind. I ut one of them on an overpair and one of them on a set. Decided to call thinking that if I hit I could stack one of them. In hindsight, I think it's a worse call considering the PF raiser still can reraise.
wodayjoday folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ] POT $88
Pata83 bets [$40].
Big_Shiz pushes to $72.--I hit one of my many outs, if he's got a higher flush, so be it.
Pata83 calls and is all-In.
** Dealing River ** [ K [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ]

Thoughts? Feel free to tear me apart, that's why I'm here.

Re: suited connectors...I think I hate my line
 

Push or fold on the flop is the only thing I'd do differently -- results?

Re: suited connectors...I think I hate my line
 

I probably push flop, you have some f/e and you're ahead of AA, KK, slightly ahead of 88, and barely behind JJ if it went 3 handed.

If it ends up heads up with 88, you're almost even money 46%.

You'll be putting in 100 ish to win 240 or 340 ish. And then the metagame purposes. Its much easier to get your sets called when you push here.

Re: suited connectors...I think I hate my line
 

I thought about pushing the flop but I was hoping to get woday to hang around which would justify that $30 smooth call. Once he folded and the A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] turned, I had to push. If I get beat by a higher flush or a set that rivers a boat, so be it.

Pata showed K [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]10 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] which is another reason I love playing Empire Poker. All that action and he's raising the flop into the PF raiser with a gutshot or a runner/runner flush? Not played terribly well but that's the beauty of Empire/Party, you might not play a hand particularly well but chances are the other guy played his worse!

Re: suited connectors...I think I hate my line
 

check raise the flop all-in.

However, if that guy didn't raise to $30 before you, thats what I would have done, and then pushed the turn.