I have been at the table for a couple orbits. The only hands I played so far was getting a preflop fold after 4betting AA against a SB 3bet & losing to Ax on a Ace high flop after cbetting flop IP, check check turn and calling river 30% pot bet after hitting my K on the river. Most of the table are regulars who play a very sound game. The main villain in this hand has a stack of 2,000+ and has been generally aggressive.

I'm in the BB holding 6c5c with a $400 stack.

UTG limps, UTG+2 (main villain) raises to $30. UTG+3 calls. It folds around to me in the BB and I call. Limper folds.

Flop - 4d8c9c

There is $98 in the pot and I have $370 in my stack. Both villains have me covered.

UTG+2 bets $60. UTG+3 calls $60.

I shove with my combo draw for $370. UTG+2 calls after tanking for 30 seconds or so. UTG+3 folds.

Board blanks out and i lose a healthy pot to Q9s.

QUESTIONS

1. Should i even be calling in the BB with a suited connector having a SPR of 3.7 after I call? Or is this a fold? With this particular hand...should I only be calling if I am deep enough to have a SPR of 10+?

2. I'm getting the immediate odds to just call the flop bet and see a turn, but I wanted to maximize fold equity with my hand that has 50% equity seeing a river, so I jammed. I can't exactly raise small in the case as I'll be pot committed anyway. Is there a case for calling flop and seeing turn?

Thank you.

There is a case fold folding 65s in the blinds to a 5x raise.

But once we are there and the flop is so good for us, what's a Hero to do?

High variance line since many of our straight flops will lead to non-nut straight draws, and pretty much all of our flush draws will be second fiddle to any other flush draw.

We should consider playing only bigger suited connectors out of position against a raise, and still shove combo draws.

Preflop is better folded. Because of your stack size there just isn't enough money to win compared to what you are paying to see the flop. With a stack about 20X what you are calling you can call sometimes in position, OOP start at 30.

After the flop the question is do you want to lead or check/jam? Given villain description check/jam is probably better. If he has been that aggressive he has a fair amount of air on the flop and with just a draw you are happy if he folds.

+1

When u r oop, building a pot to get a proper return is more challenging. Additionally, u can opt for a "free" card ip when u raise flop and miss turn.

Fold pre and rebuy to 100bbs

You don't really have a combo draw, you have a gutshot, which is garbage.

Fold pre, fold flop. There are RIO here also because your gutshot out can complete a higher straight like JT, higher flushes are also possible.

If you are deeper I would call here preflop but I would want stacks of at least $800-$1000 effective.

Also your line has a lot of draws in it which is why you got called.

In these spots sometimes I like to call the flop bet and then lead out the turn with cards that help your range. If broadway cards come out I typically check the turn.

Fold pre (or 3b if he is opening wide) given stacks. These hands should only be played when you are pretty deep (150BB+) and facing an aggressive V.

Great flop for your range, and you can Xr a lot of turns and get folds from better hands. Problem is, if you call you only have around a PSB left which greatly reduces your FE.