would you call this bet?

[Ivory]

IvoryTower posted small blind ($0.10)
> Ridleyman posted big blind ($0.20)
> Game # 290,244,910 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards
>dealt to me 4s 4d
> muggle called for $0.20
> magia2 called for $0.20
> Megah raised for $0.40
> SoloVira folded
> IvoryTower called for $0.30
> Ridleyman folded
> muggle called for $0.20
> magia2 called for $0.20
> Dealing the Flop(7s 3s Kd)
> IvoryTower checked
> muggle bet for $1.40
> magia2 raised for $2.80
> Megah went all-in for $5.20

would you call? i think i was right to fold but i wish i did...






> IvoryTower folded
> muggle called for $3.80
> magia2 called for $2.40
> Dealing the turn(4c)
> muggle checked
> magia2 went all-in for $5.95
> muggle folded
> Extra chips returned to magia2, $5.95
> Dealing the river(5§)
> magia2 shows One Pair, Kings
(Kd Kh 9s 7s 5c)
> Megah shows One Pair, Sevens
(7s 7h As Kd 5c)
> magia2 wins $16.55 with One Pair, Kings


hindsight is a wonderful thing

[dalecooper]

This is a pathetically easy fold. You were dominated by both players and getting horrible pot odds on your two outer... why would you even think of calling?

Good poker is not results-oriented. Often after I fold a hand, I don't even pay attention to the cards that come out afterward. It's about making the correct decision, not the actual outcome.

[Ivory]

lol i know that its an easy lay down but dont you ever get a feeling about certain hands ? btw i would never have called it but its just one of those things

[DimitriT]

no set, no bet

[dalecooper]

Getting feelings is how poker players get broke. One of my friends calls it the rhythm of the cards; I think he's full of it (and he doesn't win often enough to justify it, either). Just think to yourself how often you get a feeling and it doesn't pan out. The one time it does will not justify all the other times that it doesn't.

Here's an example: playing online, every time I get dealt a face card queen or higher I get a feeling that I'm going to get another one, to give me a pocket pair. Why do I get this feeling? Because based on the first card, it's the best possible second card I could be dealt. My mind wants it to happen. It actually happens exactly as often as it should happen, which is to say, significantly less than 10% of the time. Luckily, I can't bet on that first card only - nor would I want to, despite my very misleading "feeling." It doesn't mean anything, it's just hope springing eternal.