[mbraudel]

I'm struggling with how to handle situations where I have top pair, then an overcard falls and people keep betting.

(Okay, I'm struggling with a lot of things about poker!)

My dilemma is, I simultaneously feel like I stay in too many of these hands, and leak chips, and at the same time I feel like I fold too often and leave winning pots behind.

Party Poker 0.50/1 Hold 'Em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 folds, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO folds, Hero calls, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (8 SB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(8 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, UTG+2 bets, MP2 raises, MP3 calls, Hero calls, SB folds, BB folds, UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls.

Turn: (8 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
UTG+2 checks, MP2 bets, MP3 calls, Hero folds (one of these two guys must have an Ace, right?), UTG+2 folds.

River: (10 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
MP2 bets, MP3 calls.

Final Pot: 12 BB