Flopped low end of straight - now what?
 

Live hand at $300 buy-in NL table, Hawaiian Gardens.

Blinds $3/5.

New guy to table ($400) raises to $10 UTG. UTG +2 ($250) calls. I ($400) call on the button with 7s8s.

Flop comes the delicious 9TJ rainbow.

UTG leads out $40. UTG + 2 goes all in ($235).

UTG + 2 does not worry me. He would not do this with KQ.

Do I call or push?

Re: Flopped low end of straight - now what?
 

push, no free cards for set, 2pr or pr + higher straight draw

Re: Flopped low end of straight - now what?
 

Is it that simple? Doesn't playing it safe cost me EV from
QQ here?

Re: Flopped low end of straight - now what?
 

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Doesn't playing it safe cost me EV from
QQ here?

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How can you put an unknown on exactly QQ? But if he does, a push forces him into a bad decision, a call gives him the right odds to draw out on you.

Re: Flopped low end of straight - now what?
 

You can not flat call here. If you call you are committed. Since that is the case push. UTG calls the push if he would have called $235.

Re: Flopped low end of straight - now what?
 

I agree with the posts here, just wanted to check though.

I did push, UTG folded, and later told me he had Kings - and would have called if I had just called!

That $300 table can be quite a donkfest.