Just returning to limit action after a month or so hiatus. One of my first hands since I got back... I felt like I knew I was beat by a set of nines but just couldn't dump the hand. I was even worried they might have both had sets and MP3 was slow playing, but he was pretty obviously on a flush draw of some kind. Can I really fold to the flop 4 bet, or the river bet... or was I just plain stuck?


Also, would folding be correct if say, my was the ?


Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
3 folds, MP1 raises, 1 fold, MP3 calls, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, 2 folds, MP1 calls, MP3 calls.

Flop: (10.40 SB) , , (3 players)
MP1 checks, MP3 checks, Hero bets, MP1 raises, MP3 calls, Hero 3-bets, MP1 caps, MP3 calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (11.20 BB) (3 players)
MP1 bets, MP3 calls, Hero calls.

River: (14.20 BB) (3 players)
MP1 bets, MP3 folds, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 16.20 BB

I don't know how it is at 5/10, but at my level - $.50/$1 - I would play it exactly like you did and expect to see an AQ/AJ a good number of times - certainly enough times to justify calling a river bet with a 14 BB pot. Unless you know the villian well enough to know that he would only play that way with a set, I think you played just fine.