limit 5CD: Would you even consider not capping with a full house here?

[Big Limpin]

yes, two things:

- SB does not necessarily have a full here (a nit who plays bad isn't that uncommon), and if he DOES, its got a real good chance of losing to 8s full.

-Its alot safer to be putting the 4th bet than the 3rd bet. The idea is that if you are reopening the betting, you will get thundered for 2 bets when he has the monster. When you are capping though, even if you're beat, it wont cost you more than the single bet. IN a HU situation, you'd need to have the best hand >~60% to make the bet worthwhile, while if its the cap bet, you are only needing to beat him >50% (assuming he's calling, which he surely will). Conceptually, its simialer for this 3handed situation. If you cap it with NOT the best hand, you lose 1 bet, not 2.

I cap here 100% I'd expect the pot to slide to me. If i cap and lose, i'd have no regrets. A bet won spends the same as a bet saved.