9To in BB flops straight draw

[checkmate36]

PokerStars 0.10/0.20 Hold'em (10 handed) internettexasholdem.com

Table is extremely passive and loose [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Preflop: Hero is BB with T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (5 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, hero??

Thanks for any thoughts.

[NobodysFreak]

bet.

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Table is extremely passive and loose [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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hero bets

grunch: you'll improve to a straight something like 30-35% of the time, right? With 5 players in, you need 2 others to call to have an equity edge. A bet may be profitable here if the table is extremely loose, but I'd just check and see what the action is, planning to call a bet re-evaluate on the turn.

[goofball]

Bet. YOur hand has substantial equity in this multiway pot, bet.

[nomadtla]

A read on UTG1 or UTG2 would help cause if they like to bet I like a check. Then if 2 call I check/raise the now trapped feild. But given a basic loose passive table I think I bet.

bet...You've got a good draw and can get some bets now from the dead money. If you wait until the turn any loosing hand is probably just gonna fold.

Get some money in early

[silkyslim]

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bet...You've got a good draw and can get some bets now from the dead money. If you wait until the turn any loosing hand is probably just gonna fold.

Get some money in early

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sort of?

[checkmate36]

Thanks for the thoughts. Hero did bet flop and here is how it played out. When I said table was passive I was not kidding. Results in white.

PokerStars 0.10/0.20 Hold'em (10 handed) internettexasholdem.com

Preflop: Hero is BB with T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (5 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, MP2 calls, SB calls.

Turn: (5 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls, MP2 folds, SB calls.

River: (8 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+2 raises</font>, SB folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+2 caps</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 16 BB

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Tc 9d (straight, queen high).
UTG+2 has 8c Qs (full house, queens full of eights).
Outcome: UTG+2 wins 16 BB. </font>

[Yerma]

This is bad math. Sometimes you will hit a pair and win too. Betting the flop will occasionally save the pot for you those times you hit a pair and knock out someone who would have made a higher pair.