Gutshot Wheel Draw on flop - enough to warrant call or standard fold?

pokernicus · #11 12-06-2005, 02:53 PM

Thanks for all the replies. I'm glad there wasn't a consensus - at least it makes me feel that the decision wasn't so straightforward!

I ended up folding in this spot. I think this is a raise-or-fold situation. I figured that with seven people having seen this flop, someone caught a piece of it. WIth all my tainted outs, folding seemed cleaner.

I hadn't really considerd the preflop raise here.

I figured that with four people already in the pot, it would be at least 5-6 way even if I raised. With this many people seeing a flop, my best bet to win the hand is by hitting a flush. In this case, it seemed to make more sense to see the flop for a low price. Also, I am behind to any pocket pair, any better Ace, and there are still four people left to act behind me. Is this reasoning reasonable? Or should I really be considering a raise here?

Here's how the rest of the hand played out:

...Hero folds, SB folds, BB calls, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls.

Turn: (5 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB bets, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls.

River: (8 BB) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB bets, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls.

Final Pot: 11 BB

Results in white below: 
BB has 3d 5h (straight, six high).
UTG+2 has Ac Ks (straight, six high).
MP1 has 2h 2d (straight, six high).
Outcome: UTG+2 wins 3.66 BB. MP1 wins 3.66 BB. BB wins 3.66 BB.