Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (10 handed)
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MP1 ($69.45)
MP2 ($99.55)
MP3 ($26.60)
CO ($96)
Button ($63.90)
SB ($99)
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($106.45)</font>
UTG ($87.15)
<font color="#C00000">UTG+1 ($169.60)</font>
UTG+2 ($127.85)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.50.
UTG calls $1, UTG+1 calls $1, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, MP1 calls $1, MP2 calls $1, MP3 calls $1, CO calls $1, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, SB (poster) completes, Hero checks.
Flop: ($8) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(8 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets $5</font>, UTG+1 calls $5, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, SB folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $15</font>, UTG calls $10, UTG+1 calls $10.
Turn: ($53) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero?
This is a great turn card for me and I'm fairly sure I'm leading. Both opponents are weak with a wide range of possible hands but Ax (including A2 A5) and flush draws are most likely. Either of them could possibly call a pot-size bet with a flush draw (especially if one of them may be holding Kh).
My small flop raise was possibly risky but I didn't want to scare off hands I was beating (if the turn brough a heart I was planning a blocking bet hoping for a call and the board to pair on the river). Would you have played the flop differently?
Do you push here? If you instead bet $50 and get a call from UTG+1 what do you do if the river is a scare card (e.g., a heart or an ace) (pot is $150 and you have $40)?