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Message: [QUOTE="fundiver199, post: 7136294, member: 397965"] Preflop The issue with calling here is not just, if someone behind 3-bet. Its also, that you are against an early position range, where weak offsuit broadways suffer from a ton of domination. His range contain all the big pairs of course and AQ, AJ, KQ, KJs, but it contain very few hands, that you dominate. He could be opening QTs, JTs and perhaps J9s, but thats just about it. So you end up in situations, where you flop top pair, but your hand is basically only a bluff catcher. Flop He only bet 20% pot, and this is so small, that you actually kind of want to raise to price out the blinds from continuing with all sorts of bad hands, that have equity. But of course the issue is, what I wrote above, that unless the preflop raiser is bluffing, you probably dont have the best hand against him. Even so I actually think, a small raise here to like 900 could make sense almost to kind of find out, where you are. This is something, I hardly ever do or recommend, but in this particular situation I think, it could make sense. If the preflop raiser has a hand like AK, he is likely going to fold, and then you dont need to worry about him any more. And if he continue, you know, you are behind, so you check back turn and give up on the river, unless you spike a Q or J to improve. Turn With this turn bet, he has put in almost half his chips, which mean, he has more or less committed himself to the pot. I dont think, 7s ever helped him improve to a 2 pair hand or a straight, so you were either behind the whole time, or maybe he picked up a spade draw. You also still have two guys left to act behind you, and they could easily have a straight or two pair now, because they got such a good price on the flop. So I think, its either a fold or a call with the intention to not put in any more chips, unless you improve. Spoiler So you would have sucked out on him, which is kind of funny. But I think, it highlights, what I wrote under preflop about the domination issues and the reasons for just folding pre. Of course AA is an extreme example, but he could also have had AQ or KQ, and as you say yourself, does he really fire two bets into 3 opponents with QT? Probably not, and he also dont open QTo, so its only two combos of QTs at most. I think, you made a good choise by cutting your losses at the turn, but I also think, you could have done a little better by not getting involved at all. [/QUOTE]

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