You're a Bunch of Factors

3 handed cash game (some players had recently left the table). 50c/$1 blinds, im in the small blind with $52, BB has $40 and button has us both covered with around $70.

i get [kd][jh].

Button flats, as do i, but BB makes it $5. we both make the call.

Flop comes [ac][qc][tc]

What the hell do i do here? $15 in the pot already. Im pretty sure the raiser has a good ace or a big pair (possibly a set) which means im good against him, and making it very unlikely that he has a made flush.

The limp/call from the button also screams weakness too, but i don't want either drawing at a flush.

What would you have done here?

(think about what you would have done and ill post the result below in a spoiler)

maccatak11 wrote:What would you have done here?

Folded pre flop.

I'd slightly over bet the pot myself, then hope i was disciplined enough to lay it down when they shove.

probably, but i don't mind seeing a flop 3 handed with KJ. I was considering raising actually instead of flatting in the first instance, but im rarely folding this hand 3 handed. Being out of position though, a fold here might have been the correct play, im just not good enough to do after 5 beers.

yeah rcon, i did consider betting $20 and seeing what happens, but that was close to half my stack, and if somebody shoved i think i woul have made the call anyway. so yeha i dunno.

lol - that sounds a lot like my play when I've had a few

I don't see what over betting the pot achieves.

muzzington wrote:I don't see what over betting the pot achieves.

this.

Just shove.

Ok, I should probably go into more detail.

How much did everyone start with? You all seem pretty short.

I don't mind a call preflop. $15 in the pot on the flop, and with such small stacks behind, you have to bet this. If you check it could go around to a club turn, which you obv can't have. Opp will be more likely to check a club here rather than bet it, because of their stack size.

Bet/folding is just stupid - as is overbetting. Either bet $10-12 and shove to a raise, or open shove. If he has the flush, its a cooler. Could you really put someone on a club flush if you lead $12 and they raise to $40? It can't be two pair/AsKc/set?

Edit: Results change nothing.
Edit2: Wow what a hand. You can't let their holdings dismay you.

What are you hoping to achieve with the shove that a slight over bet won't achieve?