An aggressivly played 55 hand (X-Post)

[ggbman]

Party Poker 30/60 Hold'em (6 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is Button with 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, SB calls, BB calls, UTG calls.

Flop: (8 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises</font>, UTG folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, SB calls, <font color="#CC3333">BB caps</font>, Hero calls, SB calls.

Turn: (10 BB) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, SB folds, BB calls.

River: (14 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: 14 BB

Villian was an unknown.

[elindauer]

Hi,

When it's 2 cold to you on the flop, you are in a slightly ahead / way behind situation. When you are way behind, you are WAY behind, with almost no equity in the pot. When you are ahead, you are only slightly ahead, very likely having to dodge diamonds and several unseen overcards. Worse, it will be hand to know which cards have caused your opponents to draw out and which have not.

Therefore, I think you have a pretty easy fold on the flop. If your pair was high enough that it could beat the kinds of pairs the SB / BB would just call, maybe TT or better, then you'd be ahead much more often and should continue. Fold the flop.

After you reraise and the big blind caps and leads a non-diamond turn, it's time to call it a day. The BB is clearly telling you he can beat your hand, and the SB is still around with a hand that may beat you or draw out as well. Give it up.

my 2 cents.
eric