Originally Posted by Knytestorme

I'd just say....it depends

For some people it would be an easy call, for me it's a difficult choice with a major lean to folding with a read.

The issue with the decision is that the odds of another player at full ring getting dealt 2 hearts at the same time you have 2 and the board has 3 is fairly low so you need to take that into account, and it's possible he has like 74h and you have him beat given he's in the BB and his river bet is trying to ensure no call BUT *for me* I don't have enough in this pot that I am committed to making that call and I look for a better spot to take his stack if he shows this to be a bluff/donk as I get a chance to get a better read/stats for him.

Originally Posted by givememyleg

I can only pretty much beat someone going crazy with air/trips/2pair/straight/lower flush.

Originally Posted by Knytestorme

Putting it this way, the odds of them actually having two hearts with one higher than yours doesn't seem very likely does it :/

Think a turn bet would have helped here with a re-raise or insta-call giving you your answer but as played it's still a coinflip with both decisions having valid reasons for being made.

Originally Posted by givememyleg

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Originally Posted by Fnord

Fold.

Originally Posted by andy-akb

Id fold this simply because you dont have much invested and have no reads. On a non-paired board Id probably call this, but wouldnt like it too much. This could be trips or some random hand we beat, but again, no read and not much committed Im folding here.

Now, preflop Im not really a big fan of open limping SCs. If there were a few limps before you, then thats ok, but I think if you are opening it should be for a raise.

As played Im not sure I bet that flop. You arent continuing your preflop action because you simply limped and your only draw is to a flush. Why not take a free card here? If you get checkraised you are going to have to ditch your hand and your draw is strong so it would be a shame to have to lay that down. So as played Id probably check behind the flop and fold that river, Id rather raise preflop though.

Originally Posted by dalecooper

By the way, I see two separate comments in this thread about having money "invested." Bear in mind, always, that you never invest in a pot in poker. This isn't like the stock market or a bank account where you can expect a reasonable return. When you put money in, it goes bye-bye into the community pile, and you become just another stray dog fighting over the dead possum in the middle. You fight harder if the possum is bigger, but the fact that you helped kill it don't mean shit.

Originally Posted by givememyleg

So are you saying that the reason for folding here isn't because the pot is only $3, but because I have no read on opp?

Originally Posted by dalecooper

By the way, I see two separate comments in this thread about having money "invested." Bear in mind, always, that you never invest in a pot in poker. This isn't like the stock market or a bank account where you can expect a reasonable return. When you put money in, it goes bye-bye into the community pile, and you become just another stray dog fighting over the dead possum in the middle. You fight harder if the possum is bigger, but the fact that you helped kill it don't mean shit.

Originally Posted by dalecooper

No, I'm saying that the part of that 3.00 that used to be yours shouldn't be considered at all when you're making a decision about whether to call or not. If you put in half of the $3, that isn't an investment - it's money spent and gone.

The fact that it's a $3 pot, however, should DEFINITELY be taken into consideration when thinking of a call here. I don't call huge overbets on small pots unless I have the nuts, the 2nd nuts, or a very good read. Your pot odds are crap, it's almost even money to call because the pot is so small, so you need to feel pretty certain that you're ahead a lot of the time here to call this.