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Originally Posted by ubiquitous
Result of the hand:
I led 25, UTG+2 called, HJ called, the others folded.
turn is a 6
I shove, UTG+2 calls, HJ folds
UTG+2 shows 47 for a straight, I lose.
Afterwards two of the better players at the table discussed how I didn't bet enough on the flop. Shame on me I guess for not giving enough respect to draws on an A 8 5 rainbow board.
Flop bet is a little small but whatever; if we get multiple callers to it then we still have an easy peasy stackoff by the river.
A shove of $135 into $175 against the shortstack ain't horrible (although I'd maybe still prefer to drag this out over 3 streets on this fairly drawless board), but it's a decent overshove of $255 into $175 against the bigger stack and I don't see any reason for that. I'd do like $90 which will leave us $165 into $355 and deeper stack might feel committed by then.
The guy did not make a profitable call with his gutshot. If no one else calls, he's barely getting the maximum IO he needs to chase his gutshot (he's a 10.5:1 dog and his total IO against our stack + pot is 11:1) and he's not going to stack us every time and someone else behind him can raise the flop bet and he can be drawn out on. Your flop bet was perhaps a little too small but only in terms of making it easier to play for stacks by the river.
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