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[B Dids]

Party Poker 3/6 Hold'em (6 max, 6 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter

Preflop: Hero is MP with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG calls, Hero calls, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises</font>, Button calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (9.33 SB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG bets</font>, Hero calls, CO calls, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero caps</font>, CO folds, Button calls, UTG calls.

Turn: (11.16 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Button calls, UTG calls.

River: (14.16 BB) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Button calls, UTG calls.

Final Pot: 17.16 BB

Questions that currently exist:

Preflop: raise/fold?

Flop: raise/call?

The table was loose, but I didn't have great specific reads yet. My thought preflop was that I'm likely to have people limp behind and cold call my raise, so I don't think raising is great.

On the flop I'm calling in order to let the other two behind me call, but there's been suggestion that given my pair I should raise. My assumption was that if I raise the flop, the other two are not so bad that they're calling two cold. I'm also under the assumption that with a donk in that spot, my 4 is not good.