At any point do say "Hmmm, shouldn't have slow played flop."??

[Baseballer02]

Since there were many people in the hand I decided to try and slow play my two's. Was I wrong with the way I ended up playing this hand?

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Preflop: Hero is BB with 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, CO calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (7 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(7 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero calls, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, CO calls.

Turn: (7 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(7 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, <font color="#CC3333">CO 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB caps</font>, Hero calls, CO calls.

River: (19 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, CO calls, <font color="#CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero caps</font>, CO calls, SB calls.

Final Pot: 31 BB

[einbert]

I probably raise the flop here but you played it fine, just calling to lure in the field is fine here.

[GrunchCan]

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I probably raise the flop here but you played it fine, just calling to lure in the field is fine here.

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Agreed. Never say never in poker.

[elindauer]

Raising the flop with five players still to act and a near lock on a pot which is not currently very big would be a tremendous mistake, just as it was to raise the turn. What are you hoping to accomplish? What's the big hurry to knock out players that are drawing dead?

Good luck.
Eric

[jrz1972]

Slowplaying here is probably okay. You have a monster, the pot is small, this flop didn't help anybody, and you really want people to hang around and catch a 2nd best hand on the turn.

The only real drawback to slowplaying this when you raise the turn (you have to raise at some point), you will be blasting people out of the pot. That wasn't a problem on this hand, but only because you got lucky that the top card paired.

A strong case can be made for just raising the flop. You will fold out more than you would like, but at least it builds a pot and hopefully ties the people who are left to their hands.

[UncleSalty]

This has been hammered into me enough that I think I can safely say this for the vets:

"Do not slowplay a set in the microlimits. Ever."

[davelin]

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This has been hammered into me enough that I think I can safely say this for the vets:

"Do not slowplay a set in the microlimits. Ever."

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Actually, I don't mind it here.

[FreakDaddy]

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This has been hammered into me enough that I think I can safely say this for the vets:

"Do not slowplay a set in the microlimits. Ever."

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Actually, I don't mind it here.

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Agreed. Position is the biggest factor in not raising this on the flop.

[jrz1972]

If Hero were CO or button, slowplaying would definitely be the right play here.

[UncleSalty]

Lol. I will never understand this damn game. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

But I'll always love it.