My thoughts
I suspect that Andy is being kind, while SoBe is being a little harsh. Yeah, I know, A3o isn't the greatest of hands. Normally this is turbo mucked, but this table, at this time, was that one time out of 50 or 100 that I felt it was worth speculating. I was more interested in the group's reaction to the flop raise with bottom pair to get a free turn card.
When the utg bets out on the flop, there is $70 or $80 in the pot. If I raise and then do improve, I'm counting on another $10 with his call and $40 on later streets (either betting on the turn and river when I improve or raising him on the river when he bets and I improve) bringing implied odds to $120 or $130 for my $20 to raise the flop. He could have ruined this calculation by reraising, of course. It turns out I only received implied odds of $100 or $110 to $20 because he didn't co-operate by betting out on the river after I checked behind. Nonetheless, with 5 outs twice, I like the odds.
And, Buckshot, what's wrong with 23s utg? LOL
BR
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