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Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (10 handed) converter

MP3 ($46.65)
CO ($96.30)
Button ($46.25)
SB ($96.50)
Hero ($59.10)
UTG ($62.35)
UTG+1 ($43.55)
UTG+2 ($86.70)
MP1 ($51.80)
MP2 ($48.55)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to $1</font>, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, Button calls $1, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls $0.50.

Flop: ($3.25) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets $3.1</font>, Button folds, Hero calls $3.10.

Turn: ($9.45) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets $9</font>, Hero calls $9.

River: ($27.45) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>

Final Pot: $27.45

New at table-- no reads yet. Did I make mistake of even being in this hand at river? and was my river call a donkey call? thanks for the thoughts... this transition from limit to NL is tough.

be well
sly

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I always have trouble justifying these plays...

Personally, I'd probably raise the flop here to about $7 or $8 and see what happens. To anyone else... is this a bad move OOP with 2 behind me?

Your pot odds are about 1:1 at the flop and turn, which is way out of the 1:3 - 1:4 needed for a flush draw, however you have similar decent sized stacks to get some implied odds out of it.

Also, the low paired flop helps your ace out a lot.

Other thoughts?


EDIT: Being out of position here, I'm thinking that betting the pot on the flop early is probably a good move.