this was a tough spot. my first thought was my god, hes putting a play on me because he thinks ive missed the flop with big cards. he must think ive made a c-bet, and can knock me off the hand.

my second thought was that because of his relative position and my small raise it is POSSible that he has made two pair here (he was getting 4:1 pf to call with a suited gapper say 64) and wants to win the pot right now.

i dismissed the possibility that he would play the nut straight or a set like this.

that left me with the possibility that he had a larger medium pair, and had been waiting for a low flop before making a move?

i made the raise to find out exactly where i was, and couldnt afford to let the whole field see a 4$ turn.

i was very uncomfortable folding this hand, but i did. i wanted him to show his cards, so i used one of my oldest tricks, i said "nice slowplay"

he showed A4o.

noted.