What should have been my strategy here? I was mostly worried about pushing the big stacks away from calling with flush draws after the flop. I took the easy way out (or what I felt was the easy way out), but would like to know how better players would have played this.
After the preflop action, I was sure that UTG+1 had aces. No real reads as I 8 table.
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (10 handed)
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MP1 ($22.35)
MP2 ($55.42)
MP3 ($15.95)
CO ($29.20)
Button ($21.60)
SB ($37.18)
Hero ($48.19)
UTG ($18.06)
UTG+1 ($7.75)
UTG+2 ($32.35)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
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1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls $0.25, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+2 raises to $0.75</font>, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, MP2 calls $0.75, MP3 calls $0.75, CO calls $0.75, <font color="#666666">
2 folds</font>, Hero calls $0.50, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to $2</font>, UTG+2 calls $1.25, MP2 calls $1.25, MP3 calls $1.25, CO calls $1.25, Hero calls $1.25.
Flop: ($12.10) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
Hero calls $46.19 (All-In), UTG+1 calls $5.75 (All-In), UTG+2 calls $30.35 (All-In), MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO calls $27.20 (All-In).
Turn: ($121.59) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players, 4 all-in)</font>
River: ($121.59) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players, 4 all-in)</font>
Final Pot: $121.59