Am I functionally retarded?

Villain is 38/13. I have A8 in the bb and flop top pair on a dangerous board. Am I retarded to lay this down?

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

saw flop | saw showdown

Hero (BB) ($24.55)
UTG ($69.22)
UTG+1 ($5)
MP1 ($50.32)
MP2 ($10.09)
MP3 ($5)
CO ($25.39)
Button ($17.65)
SB ($24.40)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8, A
UTG calls $0.25, 5 folds, Button calls $0.25, SB calls $0.15, Hero checks

Flop: ($1) 6, 8, 5 (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1, UTG calls $1, Button raises to $3, 1 fold, Hero folds, UTG calls $2

Turn: ($8) 4 (2 players)
UTG bets $3.50, Button calls $3.50

River: ($15) 8 (2 players)
UTG bets $4.50, 1 fold

Total pot: $15 | Rake: $0.75

Results below:
UTG didn't show
Outcome: UTG won $14.25

edit im retarded

Standard since your'e not closing the action...plus since there's like like 56 turn cards you don't want to see, it kinda makes 1 pair multiway on a wet flop suck a fat one against even an optimistic range.

is this one of those spots where even if we're slightly ahead of villains range we have to fold anyway?

Originally Posted by dontezuma

Villain is 38/13. I have A8 in the bb and flop top pair on a dangerous board. Am I retarded to lay this down?

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

saw flop | saw showdown

Hero (BB) ($24.55)
UTG ($69.22)
UTG+1 ($5)
MP1 ($50.32)
MP2 ($10.09)
MP3 ($5)
CO ($25.39)
Button ($17.65)
SB ($24.40)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8, A
UTG calls $0.25, 5 folds, Button calls $0.25, SB calls $0.15, Hero checks

Flop: ($1) 6, 8, 5 (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1, UTG calls $1, Button raises to $3, 1 fold, Hero folds

fyp.

and i agree with op. you're oop and gonna be in some shitty spots even if you end up just going against the button. If utg calls as well, then almost every turn card sucks balls and we get put in even shitier spots.

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

is this one of those spots where even if we're slightly ahead of villains range we have to fold anyway?

It just seems like (if button is decent), we're going to be c/fing like every turn except for an A or 8 or 2, so unless we run out a boat or some shit we're burning money when we call to fold the next street.

Nobody hates folding worse than me (you can't win money when you fold, all you can do is lose it-OP thereom) and top top is generally the nuts for me but this seems like a pretty good spot to say fuck it and chuck it. Write that down.

ask yourself if you would have made this post had the river been the 3

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

is this one of those spots where even if we're slightly ahead of villains range we have to fold anyway?

Yes, reverse implied odds, etc.

goddamn that's a big fish...

in the picture, with the cat in the raincoat

Originally Posted by sarbox68

goddamn that's a big fish...

in the picture, with the cat in the raincoat

that's a cat? It looks like a person

nope, just human