Originally Posted by Steve-O

situation 1 - in my eyes this is a clear cut fold, you are an underdog to every possible holding the raiser could have and dominated more than 50% of the time. the couple of extra bets the calling station puts in will just give you more of a reason to chase when you are drawing practically dead. Also with only 3 players in the pot, this pot will never get REAL big.

The suited aspect usually leads people to make the mistake of calling, it only gives you about 4% more to your win rate. you will be able to take control of the betting (flopping 2 pair or better) only about 8% of the time.



Situation 2 - a call is probably correct.

I would guess; with an EP player who has shown aggression/ 2 loose players/ and you having position, if you hit your hand this is a 25+ bet pot.

I however would sometimes use this scenario to see exactly what your opponent has. I would re-raise here. Yes it may fold the BB and a reraise may fold the caller, but that just leaves you heads up in 11.5 bet pot (4 of it yours of course).

You will also know how hard you need to hit your hand to win. this will help you read his hand better on the flop. It may also get you a free card on the flop.

So here I call 50% of the time, and re-raise about 50% of the time, mostly for information and to build a pot, but I am not totally upset when it eliminates opponents, and also it just might get me a free card with what is basically a drawing hand in a raised pot.



Situation 3 - Again lets look at the math first at least 12 bets preflop(not including yours) automatic call. you are looking at another 25+ bet pot and you are 8% to hit 2 pair or better on the flop.

A raise here accomplishes very little other than building a pot, but is the correct play. This is like raising an A2XX suited in Omaha8 when many players are in, "this could be the big one". However you need to use your good judgement and patience to realize not to chase non existent outs.

a re-raise turns this into a no fold em pot, as long as you can avoid this, unlike your opponents, UNLESS of course you hit, you will do pretty good in these situations.

If you hit this is now a 50 bet pot, considering 20-25 preflop. make it big, but use your poker skill to realize when you can't win, no matter how big the pot gets.