Thanks for the observation that a fancy check-raise on this flop is unnecessary.

However, I believe I have done it right since Ed improved it to this way. (and just forgot). Gracias for the reminder.

As an aside, I would like to take this opportunity to say how much I love this site. I have been a winning limit player for over a year and am attempting to duplicate the feat with nl.

I owe so much to Dave, Mason, etc. but especially to Ed. We all know what a wonderful mind he has but I would like to add what a natural born teacher he is. Like poker, teaching is not just brains but also an art.

Thank you Ed.

You played fine. Don’t try fancy checkraises from late position. Just fire away.

There is a questions thread

http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/questions-threads/questions-thread-11.html

this was the last one, it was a couple of weeks back.

I had already read your post. I didn’t have much to say because I would have played it the same way ( which isn’t necessarily a ringing endorsement ) (=
I am not a proponent of messing around with small sets. In limit or no-limit. Good cards to you.

I’d still like to hear what others have to say about possible lines of play on the flop and on the turn with the bottom set I had in the hand above.

Hi Ed. Could use some help with my thought processes again. I call on the button with 7h8h after 4 limpers, blinds come along. The flop comes Ah 9* 6h. Both blinds check, utg bets 3xbb and all 3 other limpers call.

I have 50bb’s and most everyone has me covered. There are now 19 bb’s in the pot. I started to shove it all in and then thought, the blinds both look like they are going to call. If I hit at this table ( obviously, 7 handed is loose game) especially a non-heart 5 or T I am going to get paid off huge and if it hits on the turn I will probably get some action from more than one even if only one ends up all in with me.

I called. Sb folded, Bb raised 30 more bb’s so natch I now went all in. Was I too greedy? Should I have gone all in or made at least pot size raise when it came to me.

I think I should have pot-built raise if my stack was larger but with size of my stack in relation to pot didn’t think I would need to and wanted all the company I could get. Is this limit thinking ? ( the outcome would have been the same no matter what in this particular hand, but I want to be prepared for next time). What key factors should guide my decision here?

If anything, I wonder if I could have attempted to check-raise the flop to suck more players in for the later streets?