Quote Originally Posted by iopq
Quote Originally Posted by IowaSkinsFan
Quote Originally Posted by iopq
I think nutsinho nailed it when he said it was a protection bet
it's not only protection against real outs, it's also protection against further action because if turn is a broadway someone might fire his picked up straight draw or hit a pair and there is no way for us to tell
Oh cmon no one is going to bluff in a fourway pot, we don't really care about folding the best hand because its rarely going to happen.

You bet the flop because your going to get sucked out really easily fourway and you can get called by worse.
if I'm OTB I bet ATC because "no one is going to bluff in a fourway pot"

I get SO many folds
but of course you get value from worse
, nobody is denying that, I'd rather bet 99 here than JdTd
So let me get this straight, if your OTB they dont fold midpair but you get "so many folds." That's odd because its statistically improbable when three other players are in the pot, especially when only one has shown any indication that he doesn't have a nut hand.

In my own experience, its not rare that people play badly, but its very rare that people play badly by playing too aggressively.