Re: Is this cold call acceptable, marginal, or terrible
Your thinking is much too results-oriented here. Notice the confluence of events that occurred on your hand to encourage action:
1. One of your opponents had aces.
2. The board put four hearts up.
3. Three players got to the river.
In a three-handed pot, you will very rarely have circumstances nearly so good. 6.5 BB is really a huge number. To reach that kind of implied payoff, you need to have confidence that two opponents will put in a big bet on each street, or betting will have to get crazy at some point. You cannot count on this!!! 4 BB might be a reasonable expectation, but 6.5 is extremely optimistic.
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