Was this a bad bet?
 

I haven't been playing much in the past few weeks, but this hand came up tonight. I figured that I couldn't keep 4 other people in with this flop, and that my move didn't look too suspicious because I had position. So should I have checked here instead of betting small?


PokerStars Game #2758010368: Tournament #13241924, Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2005/10/08 - 21:00:16 (ET)
Table '13241924 36' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: flmodesq21 (4495 in chips)
Seat 2: pie-diddy (60 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: thrillhill (1940 in chips)
Seat 4: check_kills (3155 in chips)
Seat 5: Joethegamble (2780 in chips)
Seat 6: mrh86 (3025 in chips)
Seat 7: sulcata (2945 in chips)
Seat 8: GG X WR (2890 in chips)
Seat 9: #1UT Voll (2680 in chips)
#1UT Voll: posts small blind 25
flmodesq21: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mrh86 [4s 4h]
pie-diddy: folds
thrillhill: calls 50
check_kills: folds
Joethegamble: calls 50
mrh86: calls 50
sulcata: folds
GG X WR: folds
#1UT Voll: calls 25
flmodesq21: checks
*** FLOP *** [Jh 4d Kd]
#1UT Voll: checks
flmodesq21: checks
thrillhill: checks
Joethegamble: checks
mrh86: bets 100
#1UT Voll: folds
flmodesq21: folds
thrillhill: folds
Joethegamble: folds
mrh86 collected 250 from pot
mrh86: doesn't show hand

Re: Was this a bad bet?
 

I think it is fine. If no one has a K or a nice draw, you are not getting paid. Just the way things go every now and then.

Re: Was this a bad bet?
 

Nothing wrong. Just got unlucky nooone else had anything.

Re: Was this a bad bet?
 

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) converter

BB (t4495)
UTG (t60)
UTG+1 (t1940)
MP1 (t3155)
MP2 (t2780)
Hero (t3025)
CO (t2945)
Button (t2890)
SB (t2680)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP2 calls t50, Hero calls t50, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t250) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
4 checks, <font color=" red">Hero bets 100</font>, 4 folds.

Final Pot: t250


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Even though I think someone would lead out with a strong flush draw here, IMO they may very well have checked a couple of weak diamonds or the broadway draw. Moreover, the pf action is so small that you need to throw in a sweetner here to get some real action on your set on 4th and 5th.

In other words, I like the bet.

Re: Was this a bad bet?
 

Unless everybody else limped with small pockets, I don't know what they're doing in the hand if they can't call that bet on that flop. Maybe somebody limped AQ, seen AK &amp; AQ limped a few times recently, so maybe that's why I'm thinking this. You're bet is good, you're right, you don't want to give any draws (and there are bunches of them) good odds.

Re: Was this a bad bet?
 

Perfect bet, all day, everyday.

If you had checked here, you'd likely be posting now because someone drew out on you on the turn. If you DO check here and get action on the turn, you likely are in trouble.