Any way to play this differently

[avandelay]

UB Micro limits

I am in the SB with 10 10

4 callers to me, I raise

UTG, UTG+1, MP and Button all call

Flop: 6 [img]/forums/images/icons/diamond.gif[/img] 10 [img]/forums/images/icons/heart.gif[/img] J [img]/forums/images/icons/heart.gif[/img]

I bet, MP and the Button call

Turn: Q [img]/forums/images/icons/diamond.gif[/img]

I bet both call

River: 7 [img]/forums/images/icons/heart.gif[/img]

I bet, MP raises, button and I both call

MP turns over K [img]/forums/images/icons/heart.gif[/img] 4 [img]/forums/images/icons/heart.gif[/img] for the flush to beat my set.

Is there anything I could have (or should have) done differently that might have won me this pot earlier or is this just a bad beat?

[Clarkmeister]

1. You played it fine, though you can usually fold to the raise on the end. But calling is just fine on the river in a big pot.

2. It's not a "bad beat". He flopped a flush draw and got there without pairing the board. That's not all that unlikely. And no, there's nothing you could have done to get rid of a guy with (on the turn) an open ended straight draw + a flush draw.

[Homer]

Preflop, I would just call from the SB. You're out of position and will likely need to flop a set (or an overpair) to win against this many opponents. I could see raising if you were up against two less or two more opponents.

On the river, I might check-call when the flush card comes, being out of position against two opponents. Against only one opponent I typically bet, but against two I often check and call.

There is nothing you could have done to win this particular hand.

-- Homer