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[benhoug 0]

Question about a play I made on $25 NL table on Hollywood Poker.I'm in late positon w/ KQ. I raise 4xbb to $1, get two callers. Flop comes down J10X. EP player makes a small bet, maybe .50, I call and other player calls. Turn is a K, so now I have top pair and an open-ended straight draw. EP bets $1 into a roughly $5 pot. He's only got $5 left, so I raise him all in. The other player folds and EP calls.The result, a 9 came on the river and I won w/ my straight. My question is, was that a smart play? An argument can be made that all I really had was a draw (I didn't know if my top pair was good), and since he didn't have a lot of chips left (and he was pot committed) I was risking a lot (relitively speaking) compared to what I could gain. If he had a deep chip-stack I think it would be a great play, but I really had little to gain. What does everyone else think?

[cdddc75 0]

If you hate betting out with top pair second kicker and OESD, you probably hate money too.That's an easy play.

[Absolute 0]

The big mistake here was just calling on the flop. That's weak/tight.You are the pre-flop aggressor, and you flopped an OESD and overcards. Raise this for value.With a little over $3 in the pot pre-flop, the EP bet of $.50 in this hand is laughable. Raise it up to about $3 or so on the flop.

[BeanGW 0]

The big mistake here was just calling on the flop. That's weak/tight.You are the pre-flop aggressor, and you flopped an OESD and overcards. Raise this for value.With a little over $3 in the pot pre-flop, the EP bet of $.50 in this hand is laughable. Raise it up to about $3 or so on the flop.

[Blink20 0]

The big mistake here was just calling on the flop. That's weak/tight.You are the pre-flop aggressor, and you flopped an OESD and overcards. Raise this for value.With a little over $3 in the pot pre-flop, the EP bet of $.50 in this hand is laughable. Raise it up to about $3 or so on the flop.

Yes.You gotta learn continuation bets in no limit. And this isn't even a bluff on your part by raising the flop. You have a damn strong hand, two overs and a open end. Being against a short stack, even if he pushes all in there, you can bet you are going to call with two cards to come. Be more aggressive :-)