You are in the BB. Someone open-raises and the there are at least 2-3 callers and you close the action.
At this point, how low are your calling standards? Any two, o/s connectors, how much gap, etc?
This question is spurred from a similar situation earlier today.
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (6 max, 5 handed)
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Button ($20.79)
SB ($24.75)
Hero ($39)
UTG ($25)
MP ($20)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
SB posts a blind of $0.1. MP posts a blind of $0.25.
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1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP (poster) raises to $0.25</font>, Button calls $0.50, SB (poster) calls $0.40, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>.
Flop: ($1.75) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, MP checks, Button checks.
Turn: ($1.75) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets $0.25</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP raises to $1</font>, Button calls $1, SB calls $0.75.
River: ($4.75) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP bets $2</font>, Button calls $2, SB folds.
Final Pot: $8.75
I'm not posting this because of feelings of bitterness in retrospect, but because this situation comes up so often (that of playing in a family pot).
My thoughts at the time were that 32o is complete trash. I was priced in, but I decided to fold. The chances of domination and higher two pairs are the hughest of any two cards. 32o hits only a handful of flops. It becomes an 'either you have it or you don't' kind of situation. Of the favorable flops that 32o hits, all other action is usually killed because players are aware that it is a family pot. If you do manage to get customers, usually they will have strong hands with legitimate redraws. I think 32o and maybe 32s to be neutral EV at best in these situations. So i opted for a fold.
Thoughts?