Guess I did scare them off...

[thesharpie]

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You could just call the flop. If I knew it would turn out the way it did with a flop raise I'd do it, but it's not going to often. I just call the flop.

Sounds like you wanted to keep people in? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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Quite the contrary -- I was trying to win the pot right then and there, with the flop raise. With two overs on the flop, and a flush and a straight draw out there -- my 10s, if they had any equity left after the flop, were very vulnerable on the turn and river. I raised hoping to knock out the two behind me, and if the bettor called, I was either calling or raising, depending on what fell on the turn.

I figured I had a decent shot headsup, and next to hopeless shot 4-way.

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Think about all the possible 3 betting hands. Pretty much all of them have you beaten, and even if he 3 bets with AQ or 99 he isn't usually going to fold this flop for 1 more.

Edit: I forgot to even mention having to worry about .50 players that love to call 2 cold on the flop with anything beating you.