Push or slow down?

[drtofu66]

I wa checking to UTG (per Irisheyes' philosophy), but the BB lead out. Did he catch some crap 2 pair hand or something??

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (7 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

MP2 ($5.95)
CO ($6.93)
Button ($18.19)
Hero ($8.69)
BB ($8.48)
UTG ($9.30)
MP1 ($7.88)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 3, 3.
UTG raises to $0.1, 3 folds, Button calls $0.10, Hero calls $0.08, BB calls $0.05.

Flop: ($0.40) 5, 3, 7 (4 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $0.15, UTG calls $0.15, Button calls $0.15, Hero calls $0.15.

Turn: ($1) 9 (4 players)
Hero bets $0.5, BB raises to $1.25, UTG folds, Button folds, Hero ??

[Lukie]

why no agressive move on the flop with 3 straight cards out in a 4-way pot? Lead strong or c/r big imo.

as played, i like a big 3-bet on this turn, push any river. Probably try to line it up so there's a pot-sized bet left on the river for you to fire.

[Lukie]

I wa checking to UTG (per Irisheyes' philosophy),

I think this is a philosophy you need to get away from. It is a very common attitude on FTR, and one that took me a long time to get away from.

To be more clear, I'm not necessarily talking about this hand (even though I do think I just lead here), and I often check hands to the preflop raiser, but I'm also capable of leading into the preflop raiser with a wide range if the situation warrants it.

In my opinion and in general, I think people focus too much on snapping off a small continuation bet and not enough on disguising the strength of your hand (c/r is so transparent), playing massive pots, getting money in fast with the best of it, and picking up smallish pots when the flop is likely to have missed everybody. jmho of course...

[drtofu66]

Thanks, Lukie.

So, you're saying to just lead out with a usual 2/3 to 3/4 pot sized bet? If he raises back on the flop, do you push it all in? As it was, I pushed on the turn.

[Miffed22001]

raise the flop, its all going in on the turn.

[Miffed22001]

raise the flop, its all going in on the turn.

[drtofu66]

Good, it looks like I wasn't being hardheaded about this. He had 6h4h for the flopped straight, I didn't fill on the river, and got stacked. Hands like this have gotten me to the point that I am getting tentative pushing the few small edges I have.

Time to take a break and read more/wait for the next decent reload offer to come through.