Fire on the River with 8 High?

[Chicos75]

4.40/180

The flop bet felt like either a draw of a steal.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) internettexasholdem.com

BB (t1688)
UTG (t3745)
UTG+1 (t1325)
MP1 (t1670)
MP2 (t1495)
Hero (t4172)
CO (t1505)
Button (t1060)
SB (t3455)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t150</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls t150, SB calls t125, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>.

Flop: (t500) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets t50</font>, SB folds, Hero calls t50.

Turn: (t600) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t350</font>, Button calls t350.

River: (t1300) Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t510</font>, Button calls t510 (All-In).

Final Pot: t2320

[MJBuddy]

Those small flop bets also can mean "crappy pocket pair" or "Top pair, nonexistant kicker"

[Airharley]

What kind of draw did you put him on?

[Chicos75]

Diamond Draw

[Akeshish]

I dont understand, You did not hit the flop. Why continue with the hand. You dont really want to bully a short stack, they will probably go all the way with a draw. Since you dont have anything you cant really make a play here. They always say dont bully the small or big stack, aim of the med stacks.

[AceofSpades]

he's calling with his ace. especially when he hits it on the turn. If he folds air, not raising this flop bet is criminal or a sign you've given up on the hand.

[kniper]

[ QUOTE ]
I dont understand, You did not hit the flop. Why continue with the hand. You dont really want to bully a short stack, they will probably go all the way with a draw. Since you dont have anything you cant really make a play here. They always say dont bully the small or big stack, aim of the med stacks.

[/ QUOTE ]

yup. you have no business calling that flop bet.

[NoahL]

By not folding the flop you just cost your self 1000 chips for no reason. SPEWY, very spewy. Give up the pot! Its useless.

[Chicos75]

My thought Process:

I'm getting 10-1 odds on the flop to make the call. The turn A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] gives me a chance to represent the Ace and also semi-bluff the heart draw.

Villain had JT

[RipperTEQ]

Looking at the chip stacks it looks pretty early...don't bluff early in a 4.40 tourny cause you'll get looked up alot. Wait for your strong hands and bet bet bet. There are plenty of fish in the sea in those things, so play a tight game until you get good reads.