[Nick Royale]

This is the way I would play it, and how it would change with different reads:

Readless:
Raise the flop, bet the turn and take a free sd. If we get check/raised on the turn we will rarely be giving up many outs (3 at most, pretty often we're drawing dead). If it's still 4 ways on the turn I would take the free card, though.

If flop bettor is passive:
I'll call the flop and fold the turn UI.

If flop bettor is aggressive:
Tricky, I think I might like the line OP took.


I don't like taking the free card on the turn (readless) since we might have the best hand (a higher percentage than most seems to think on the flop) and I would like people drawing to straights to pay or fold. Taking a free card and folding to a river bet is folding the best hand too often IMO. We're actually inducing a bluff, but fold even though we have a fair hand. Taking a freecard and calling the river is worse than betting for a free sd. (making draws pay + risking to fold outs)>(inducing a bluff + and letting hands draw for free)>(taking a free card + maybe get bluffed from a pot you would have won)