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because you have 8 outs and are 2.2-1 to hit your straight and getting more than 3 callers seems +EV to me to keep building the pot

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The 2.2 you are thinking of is the odds of hitting 8 outs from flop to river.

The actual odds here are closer to 4.5:1. However, you may not have 8 full outs. A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] and 6 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] don't look good, nor does any 6 for that matter, as any of these give any 8 a better straight and all of the above mention cards (> 50% of your outs) will effectively kill your action on the river. I think you need a way bigger overlay to call this. I would call had there not been a raise.