Re: Is this worth considering?
would the extra 2 small bets have given AJs a chance to win this pot?
Nothing he could do post-flop, but there's a chance a pre-flop raise would have been enough.
It was a little hard to tell, but I think the pre-flop action went something like:
UTG limps
Mikey limps w/ AJs
Limper (MP)
Raiser (LP)
Cutoff calls (Q4)
SB calls (QK)
BB calls
UTG calls
Mikey calls
Limper after Mikey calls?
(Mikey, you mention 5 callers of the raise, but 8 see the flop.)
Flop:
SB checks
BB checks
UTG leaves
Mikey checks
MP checks
LP bets
Cutoff raises w/ Q4
SB 3-bets w/ QK
BB folds
Mikey moves over a couple of seats
MP and LP fold
Mikey calls
Details and joking aside, it went something like that.
Once the flop comes, QK isn't going anywhere. However, if Mikey raises pre-flop and the raiser 3-bets, both Q4 and QK might be out. Though, by the sounds of this game, QK might still be around. I think there's a good chance Mikey could have won this pot with a raise pre-flop, but there's also a chance he'd end up getting called down by pre-flop raiser and lose to AK or pocket pair.
The point that an earlier poster made still holds though. By raising here you build a bigger pot if it goes multi-way, which is fine, or you get people to fold and gain overcard value.
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