Q7s gets a nibble

[drzen]

Poker Room skin
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $0.25/$0.5
6 players
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Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is SB with 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
UTG calls, 2 folds, Button calls, Hero calls, BB checks.

Easy call PF. The whole table are weak players, particularly button and BB, who like to call. Button has called down some astonishingly poor hands.

Flop: 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (4SB, 4 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, <font color="#cc0000">Button bets</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises</font>, 2 folds, Button calls.

I raised because this resembled the example in SSHE so closely! I'm doubtful I'll get a free card because button is a passive player, who I'd say has an ace if she's betting here but there's some chance because she's also passive and could well be scared that I have a stronger ace or well, just be scared in general. Do you find that passive players can have the fight knocked out of them when raised?

Question is, in this small pot, should I just be folding? Are my 6.5 outs enough to justify continuing? (I expect some good implied odds because all of my opponents will call a turn bet if they have a bit of the board.) If they are, is it right to raise to get others to fold? (These players are the quintessential SSHE player: they'll call a single bet on the flop with just about anything or nothing at all, but won't call two with a weak draw.)


Turn: J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4BB, 2 players)
Button checks, Hero checks.

I'm glad to check behind. I think villain will call a bet with their weak ace, so there's no fold equity here and a bet is no good. I'm delighted to have picked up the FD.


River: 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4BB, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Button bets</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises</font>, Button calls.

Obviously, villain thinks she has made a mistake on the turn by checking to the raiser and now wants to value bet her ace. That made me happy!

It's easy to be results oriented. Obviously, picking up a BDFD is nice, but should I even have seen the turn?

Results:
Final pot: 8BB