How slow can you go?

[MastiffPaul]

Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (10 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 calls, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, CO calls, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, Hero completes, <font color="CC3333">BB raises</font>, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, CO calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (12 SB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(6 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">BB bets</font>, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, <font color="CC3333">MP1 raises</font>, CO folds, Hero calls, BB calls, UTG+1 calls.

Turn: (10 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, <font color="CC3333">MP1 bets</font>, Hero calls, BB calls, UTG+1 calls.

River: (14 BB) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, <font color="CC3333">MP1 bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="CC3333">BB 3-bets</font>, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero caps</font>, BB calls $0.75 (All-In).

Final Pot: 22.37 BB
<font color="green">Main Pot: 21.75 BB, between Hero and BB.</font>
<font color="green">Pot 2: 0.62 BB, returned to Hero.</font>

[Entity]

I don't like the turn check, since I get the feeling that MP1 will raise again if you bet (trapping the whole field for two bets).

Everything else is superdupersuperduper standard.

Rob

[milesdyson]

I would three-bet the flop.

BB and MP1 aren't going anywhere. The outs given by the 5 make the three-bet a value bet even if it folds UTG+1. You have 12 outs to the very probably winning hand (9 diamond cards and 3 non-diamond 5s). The probability that you make your hand by the river is 1 - (35/47)(34/46) = 45%. So even against one person this is almost a value raise.

I would also bet out on the turn.

River looks like people picked up some good hands, which is always nice. BB may have had JJ?

[uw_madtown]

Don't slowplay. You're missing bets that fish will gladly give you -- especially since they're expecting a slowly from a good hand. If people are betting and raising here, just keep betting and raising back.

So raise this turn, all day.

- UW