Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (10 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is CO with K:club:, J:spade:.
3 folds, BB checks.

Flop: (4.50 SB) J:club:, A:diamond:, 4:club: (4 players)
BB bets, MP1 calls, MP3 calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.25 BB) 9:club: (4 players)
BB checks, MP1 checks, MP3 checks, Hero bets


yes? no? no real reads as I was table hoping, but this was your typical 2/4 BBJ table from what little I saw

I think you check here. You would hate getting check/raised, your hand is unlikely to be best at the moment, and there is zero chance it gets folded around.

By checking you can make a strong hand (and maybe get an extra bet on the river) or show down your hand for one bet.

I am checking here every day and twice on Sunday. Free card, dude!

If you are going to play this preflop from the cutoff
I would raise, trying to drive out any A-x garbage.

Since you didn't, I would fold on the flop with a bet
and several cold callers.

The backdoor flush draw on the turn helps,
and I don't mind the bet there, but I still
think you'll need help to take it down.

What's your line if someone check/raises the turn?

Take the free card. Don't go crazy if the fourth club falls.

Party 2/4 players love their aces and with 3 players left, you're going to get called-down...or maybe raised.

This is a good question actually. I think it's close.

Let's see what we're probably against:

1) A weak A;
2) Another J - probably one we have beat; and
3) Some sort of gutshot.

What else is possible but less likely:
1) A made flush who is trying to check raise (this one's bad); and
2) Another pair other than As or Js .

Is there any chance someone folds/slows down? Yes. There's one thing that even low limit players usually notice/worry about - flushes. So there is some fold equity.

Let's assume another J is an out. So that leaves us with 11 outs out of 46 unseen cards. A little more than 4 to 1. If we're not in fear of a check-raise, we're in good shape if we get more money in the pot.

Since I'm trying to be more aggressive these days, I'm probably betting it, but I don't see a big problem with taking the freebie. The check-raise is the only real fear.

If anyone has the ace of clubs I dont see why they're checking the turn. You've got a lot of outs here, but I'd still check, you dont want to risk a reraise. I think if the flush does hit, it's probably good.

im betting! im trying to get anyone holding Ax out of the pot.

betting might:

1) take the pot down right now

2) buy you a free show down

3) get a better hand to fold

and will give you valuable information about your opponents hands.

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raise preflop, chump.

i play 2/4 and i see alot of people who will call a flop bet only to fold to the turn. there are 2 callers, not cold callers on the flop as there was no raise. think about the river, by checking here your completely in the dark on what your opponents have.

turn = check