Re: Keeping opponents in when they are drawing thin - how bad?
Ulysses:
When the flop betting reaches UTG+1, he's three Big Bets from being all-in. It's 2SB to him. Is there any doubt that he will eventually get all his money into the pot?
Assume he raises and nobody folds. Clearly he's getting maximum odds when everyone left at the table calls.
Even if he raises and one or two opponents fold, he's still getting what in all probability is the best odds for his bet. How much better odds can UTG+1 get after the turn card hits than he's looking at now?
I don't like playing shortstaked. I'd like to have lost a ton more money on this hand (and I'd have been just as peeved at the results). But when you're shortstaked, and you know that you're going all-in with your hand after the flop, then it seems to me you want to get the maximum in the pot for every buck you put in.
Gino
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