A9s vs PFR

[DavidC]

Villain's second hand played at the table.

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Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (7 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. CO posts a blind of $0.5.
UTG calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, <font color="#CC3333">CO (poster) raises</font>, Hero calls, SB calls, BB calls, UTG calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls.

Flop: (14 SB) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(7 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, MP1 checks, MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets</font>, Hero folds.

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A couple things I'm curious about:

1) The preflop call, I think was okay, because the pot was shaping up to be about 6-way on average. Being on the button is nice, but being to the direct left of the preflop raiser doesn't really put me in position to maximize value on this hand. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

2) I folded the flop because the board is pretty dangerous, my hand was pretty weak, and I wasn't closing the action. Is that alright?

3) Supposing I'd flopped a flush draw, maybe a board of JQ7 with the J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]7 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], would this be a spot where I'd like to call or raise? I don't think people are going to be folding for two cold, but if someone's slowplaying a strong hand in early position, they could make the field face three cold, and that would hurt my equity. How about if the board were J74? Would that be a spot to just call along, because people may actually be willing to fold to 2-cold on that board?

--Dave.

(Still at the part in SSHE where they discuss hand types... planning to review the PF section of that book then read the FAQ articles.)