am i betting enough here to chase out drawing hands?

Texas Hold'em $0.25-$0.25 NL (real money), hand #1,675,119,440
Table Havanna, 5 Jan 2006 06:50 PM

Seat 1: nuffy777 ($19.75 in chips)
Seat 2: Pocket7s0 ($51.45 in chips)
Seat 3: tacdog ($4.40 in chips)
Seat 4: mustang65x ($24.85 in chips)
Seat 5: Bill Bates ($17.25 in chips)
Seat 6: Funkyfish1 ($24.50 in chips)
Seat 7: gulach ($65.75 in chips)
Seat 8: AceCR9 ($23.20 in chips)
Seat 9: JDA04OSU ($21.35 in chips)
Seat 10: freechus9 [AC,AD] ($11.65 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS
Funkyfish1 posts blind ($0.15), gulach posts blind ($0.25).

PRE-FLOP
AceCR9 folds, JDA04OSU folds, freechus9 bets $1, nuffy777 calls $1, Pocket7s0 calls $1, tacdog folds, mustang65x folds, Bill Bates calls $1, Funkyfish1 folds, gulach calls $0.75.

FLOP [board cards JD,9C,2H ]
gulach checks, freechus9 bets $3, nuffy777 folds, Pocket7s0 calls $3, Bill Bates folds, gulach folds.

TURN [board cards JD,9C,2H,3D ]
freechus9 bets $7.65 and is all-in,

Shallow money *yawn*

You can’t hope to control the pot when you are such a short stack. Fill up if you drop below 80% of full stack. You want to be paid when you hit a monster, you can’t do that if you are short stacked.

Heads up, ½ pot is enough to discourage draws.

Originally Posted by EricE

Heads up, ½ pot is enough to discourage draws.

depends on implied odds...