[Kevin]

Ed's definition of a big pot. (If I remember correctly) 6 preflop in an unraised pot 4 in a raised pot preflop. There were 5 and it was raised preflop. 6 more sb's on the flop. I would consider 11 bbs going to the turn to be a very large pot which will swell to a minimum of 15-17.

That being said, I wanted to clarify that this was not an aw shucks hand. In a previous post, I folded a set of jacks to one bet on the end with a 4 flush and 4 straight on the board in a big pot and got flamed pretty hand. A flush took it, but I only had to win about 9% of the time. I guess the secret is 1 bet - but there were 4 overcallers behind me and I thought I would get raised and reraised. I was trying to learn from that lambasting and not fold, but it sounds like it was a pretty big mistake. I think that there was extra equity in the draw with the gutshot straight draw - and it came down to was I drawing dead. It is dead and done. lesson learned, 10 bbs lost.