Quote Originally Posted by thizzSantaCruz
comments on all streets welcome.

villain is new to the table 50NL 100bbeff 6 handed

Villain is in MP and raises to 1.75
Hero calls from the bb

flop AdTd4s


What are your guys thoughts on leading versus check/raising here? By check/raising it allows us to represent the flush draw and bluff a flush card on the turn. It also could chase away other aces we beat though. Leading probably gets value from other aces, if we get raised it could present some problems. Shoving over we would never get called by worse except maybe a flush draw. Calling a raise and reevaluating has benefits. If a lead gets called we can continute to lay the hand straight up.
Backdoor straight is your only redraw, I think we have to lead this flop.

Personally, I hate c/r line on one pair hands with just a gapped backdoor redraw with dirty outs, even if it is heads up. You end up committing yourself to a hand that's quite marginal.

IMHO, your goal here should be to get to showdown as cheaply as possible, while taking away your opponents odds to draw.