2/4 Inside straight and flush draw - suggest a better line.

soah · #1 12-29-2005, 03:32 PM

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With these stacks I'm checkraising this flop all in every time.

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Raising five times the size of the pot?

scdavis0 · #2 12-29-2005, 03:33 PM

I think a better way to play this turn is to check and figure out what is going on.

swarm · #3 12-29-2005, 04:04 PM

Why not soah? I'm a good sized favorite over any pair and practically coinflipping with two pair or a set. Rather get my hand in as the favorite and avoid a difficult turn. You take this down right then and there more often than not.

Let's say hero checked, mp3 bet 24 and Co called 24. We are looking at $75 pot, by pushing all in it's only 165 for MP3 into a 240 pot and 96 for Co to call. I have a lot of FE and I put a nice squeeze play on the bigger of the two stacks. I'm not crushed if the unlikely worst case scenario of both calling with one having a set and the other having a higher flush draw as 6 of my straight outs are good.

All that and it's great for my image.

soah · #4 12-29-2005, 05:51 PM

You don't know which of your opponents are going to put money in.

swarm · #5 12-29-2005, 06:13 PM

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You don't know which of your opponents are going to put money in.

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True but we are 6 handed here, chances are if hero checks he is going to get multiple bettors with this flop. By checkraising this flop you have excellent FE, you often can clean out your flush outs by folding a higher flush draw if one is out there.

You have a great chance of winning a decent sized pot without a showdown or being a favorite in a big pot. Beats betting out on the flop and ending up in Hero's situation or hitting a heart on the turn only to get stacked by a higher flush draw you may have cleaned out on the flop with a push.