65s flop

[Nate tha' Great]

Party 15/30. UTG raises and is cold called in two spots. My player reads are weak. In fact my whole game feels rusty. Five whole days since I last played hold 'em? Jeez. I call in the BB with 65s.

Flop A65 rainbow none of my suit

Bet or go for the check-raise?

[Clarkmeister]

Checkraise.

[ike]

I agree, you can probably get the whole field for 2+ bets on the flop and you almost certainly have the best hand.

[SGS]

I like going for a check-raise.

SGS

[mike l.]

he's cold called in two spots? that means there's at least one ace out there, probably more. since most players are dumb enough to get trapped for multiple bets drawing to two outs w/ something like QQ here now's the time to really job someone over w/ a checkraise.

the question really is whether to pull it on the flop or on the turn.

[andyfox]

"the question really is whether to pull it on the flop or on the turn."

That's another good reason to check on the flop: he can see where the flop bet comes from and make his decision accordingly.

[Doubling12]

Check because it will come back to you bet and raised...you can even call smooth-call there. Then hell, checkraise the turn.

[ike]

What does this betting pattern have to do with the hand. Yes that could happen but its really not particularly likely.

[Doubling12]

I figure UTG bets a large % of the time because he was the preflop raiser, and one of the coldcallers probably has an Ace and raises...why is that unlikely? I would bet a tunafish sandwich that this is what happened...

[3rdCheckRaise]

Most of "them" will autoriase if betted into when they were the preflop raisers, so i say bet since there is a high chance you'd be raised and get a chance to 3 bet.