common situation: scary turn, almost pot-committed

[patrick dicaprio]

preflop play is very iffy. why are you raising to get everyone to fold? with small blinds andthose stacks you arent stealing here and will likely be called by many better hands. whats worse is that your raise is too small. with a BB of 30 the guy in the BB is getting just about 2-1 on his call, so he can justify it with any two cards.

without knowing if UTG is a good player or not i think you made a reasonable bet on the turn. the time to worry is if UTG will checkraise a better hand here, thereby possible tying you on to your hand. or if he the type that will bluff a lot on the river merely because you showed weakness then you might check behind. but i think the fact is that most players who hit this A come out betting.

Pat