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Bizarre hand culminates in troubling decision
Sorry for the lack of proper hand history, but this one is almost more interesting dramatized.
I was just enjoying a tight/passive afternoon game at 25 NL. I say "enjoying" because at least once in a while, and usually on the weekend, I like to kill half an hour by finding a table full of weak players and just playing their game along with them, but slightly better. It resembles poker, but it's not so stressful - so if I'm having a lazy kind of Saturday or Sunday afternoon, that kind of game can be perfect for my mood. It also works well with my home internet connection, which is shoddy - if a connection drops in a game with few big pots, it doesn't bother me.
Anyhow, the table was full of pushovers and despite myself, I was stealing a lot of pots whenever I had position and someone was betting weakly. The ol' instincts kicking in. On this hand someone limped in front of me, I limped from the button with Kd4d, small blind folded, and big blind checked. There were only four of us playing. The pot now was 85 cents.
The flop came out Kx 8d 6d, which is my dream flop when I'm playing suited crap. BB min-bet (.25) and UTG folded. I was getting ready to raise when my connection dropped. I started clicking away impatiently and when it came back a few seconds later, it appeared that I called instead of raised. Oh well, at least I didn't fold this promising hand, eh? The pot was now 1.35. Meanwhile, small blind AND UTG left the table, so we were down to heads up play. I checked the "deal me out" box.
The turn card was already out and it was an offsuit 4, giving me two pair to go with my flush draw. BB now bet $1, and I decided to find out if he was serious. I raised $2... and he pushed for another $19.
Crap. I had him covered, and I felt like I could be ahead - and even if I wasn't, it was a hard hand to drop with probably 11-13 clean outs even if he was ahead of me now. On the other hand, this is not the kind of hand I like to play when I'm just killing time; the table was breaking up, and I'd rather leave ahead than stuck $15; and this guy was generally a pretty meek, tight player.
What to do? Would you call?
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