10-20 holdem. The game is mostly mediocre players that play somewhat too many hands and play too passively. 5-6 people see most un-raised flops. I hold 6s3s in the small blind. Six limpers, I call and the BB checks. The flop is K93, three suited with no spades. I check, BB checks, UTG bets, three other callers, and I call. BB folds. A six hits the turn, putting a 2-flush on board, and giving me two pair. Bet out?
Answer 1:
Well first of all… You shouldn’t have called after the flop; i will get into that later. But, since you did, check and call. The 6 would look harmless to a king and the person holding a king will bet it. If you know the way UTG plays and you don’t think he has a set, punish the person with the flush draw if someone calls by making a value raise. That is how you will win the most bets with the hand. If a three flush comes just check and fold… in that type of game there will be many moneymaking opportunities. Make the most of them!! In a loose passive game there is no reason to take the worst of it that bad.
Let your opponents make those calls and just show them the best hand every time and you will win close to 4 bets an hour on the average against those type of opponents!!
Answer 2:
If I bet the turn and UTG raised, that would knock out hands like QJ/JT/QT/T9/98, and even K-weak. My hand is very vulnerable and I want those hands out. The risk is that UTG will just call, the bet won’t narrow the field, and I would lose the extra bets from the check-raise. And why shouldn’t I call one bet on the flop with bottom pair? The pot already has 12 bets, and I would win several more bets by the river if I made my hand on the turn. I have five outs, and if they don’t get there I can easily muck on the turn unless the pot becomes large enough to justify a call there also.
Answer 3:
Why shouldn’t I call one bet on the flop with bottom pair”? First of all UTG bets out on the flop and gets three other callers”. It would be safe to assume that there is at least one K out there and possibly two. UTG probably has K, 10. Why put yourself in a position where you are doing battle up-hill. I do not think the pot with 12 big bets in it justifies a call with bottom pair. Speaking about playing to many hands 6, 3 in the SB is definitely a questionable call. I think your call with bottom pair on the flop is even worse. 6, 3 is easily a dominated hand that can cost you a ton of money. What are you hoping to accomplish? You basically need to flop a full house or at least a set in order to stay in.
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