Should I have won more.......

[mjrevie]

or should I just be glad I picked up the pot uncontested?

***** Hand History for Game 3966080825 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, April 13, 11:10:09 ET 2006
Table Irish Luck (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: SteveGenius ( $89.90 )
Seat 2: l337wingman ( $102.40 )
Seat 3: Lines13 ( $138.39 )
Seat 7: Raistlin_M ( $68.45 )
Seat 9: billybuff1 ( $114.50 )
Seat 10: redrobbob ( $30.98 )
Seat 5: mrevie ( $73.95 )
Seat 6: papercut71 ( $29.30 )
Seat 4: PaRaNOyAK ( $94.50 )
Seat 8: callme2morro ( $38.15 )
redrobbob posts small blind [$0.50].
SteveGenius posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to mrevie [  ]
l337wingman folds.
Lines13 folds.
PaRaNOyAK folds.
mrevie calls [$1].
papercut71 calls [$1].
Raistlin_M folds.
callme2morro calls [$1].
billybuff1 calls [$1].
redrobbob calls [$0.50].
SteveGenius checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ , , ]
redrobbob checks.
SteveGenius checks.
mrevie bets [$3].
papercut71 folds.
callme2morro folds.
billybuff1 folds.
redrobbob folds.
SteveGenius folds.
mrevie does not show cards.
mrevie wins $8.70

[totalise]

6 way preflop? betting here is fine. A lot of cards can come on the turn that either a) send someone ahead of you or b) kill any action from hands that would potentially give you action on the flop... and neither of these are good


if they fold the flop, then it just means that you wouldn't have got much action later on anyways, unless of course you were beat.. which really would have been disasterous.

[KeithyB]

I agree that you have to be happy picking up the pot with a pre flop pair of eights against five other hands!

After the flop comes you can't slow play the trip 8's with three spades on the board ( esp vs 5 other hands! ) so a bet to find out where you are here is essential.

As Total says the turn card could easily send someone ahead of you and is, at least, highly likely to set up some tasty tempting draws to beat you on the river.

All in all a good result for you taking it down here.

[TightEnd]

you have to bet trip here, at the very least to make the  pay a good amount to see another card

A maxim I try and think about is..if I am ahead now but think the texture of the board is such that it might not be the case further down ther streets, bet it big and be happy to win it there and then


Ok thats not a maxim, but that's my thought process