Huge pot...fold the turn?

bobhalford · #1 06-10-2005, 10:41 PM

Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (9 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, 2 folds, MP3 calls, CO calls, Button calls, SB completes, Hero raises, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls, Button calls, SB calls.

Flop: (14 SB) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (7 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, MP3 calls, CO folds, Button folds, SB calls.

Turn: (9.50 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (5 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, MP3 calls, SB raises, Hero calls, UTG+1 calls, MP3 folds.

River: (16.50 BB) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB bets, Hero calls, UTG+1 folds.

Final Pot: 18.50 BB

Hard to lay down pocket aces. Was it a mistake to raise preflop in this family pot from the BB? I thought about it for a few seconds and figured, I'd get all my money in now with the best hand, but I knew I would have at least 2 or more opponents seeing the river with me. I thought at the turn that the guy could have slowplayed a K, but that was unlikely since I raised into so many people preflop. Which means he has a 7. I think I'm still steaming from a hand yesterday where I folded JJ to a bluff river bet from one opponent that was called by the second opponent that showed TT. I figured at least one of them paired the A on the flop, though neither had raised my flop and turn bets. Like this one it was a big pot. I can't recall the last time I was so upset. It hurts twice as much to make a bad decision (fold the best hand for one bet in a huge pot) than to get a bad beat.