[Jim T]

Put it into Twodimes, and hero has .437 pot equity on 3rd. Even if the idiot with the 9 had A2 in the hole, hero still would have had equity of .416.

This is why I really don't understand any critiques on hero's raise. It looks like a really good time to get as much money in as possible to me. You would expect to get it heads up vs the 6 with the 9 up's dead money as a bonus the vast majority of the time - and since the 9 made another big mistake by calling the double bet, you don't exactly mind him coming along either.

If 9 folded (and assuming other low just called), you'd have about 4.3 SB equity for the 3 you'd have invested. As played, you have almost 6 SB equity for the 4 invested.

Sure, hero caught the worst of the 3 4th street cards and was forced to call 4 bets as a dog, but he STILL has almost .300 equity plus may have position the rest of the hand.

On 5th he had to be about ready to throw a party, especially with the uber-fish betting into him. Unfortunately he blanked on 6th and 7th. That doesn't mean that his play was bad.